Affluence and food: A simple way to infer incomes

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 909-926

  Clements, Kenneth W ^a   Chen, Dongling ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Shanghai Municipal Educational Examinations Authority   (China)

Author keywords

Engel's law; food consumption; real income

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; EXPENDITURE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD MARKET; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956602252     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aaq049     Document Type: Article

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