Price and Expenditure Elasticities for Fresh Fruits in an Urban Food Desert

Urban Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 88-106

  Weatherspoon, Dave ^a   Oehmke, James ^a   Dembélé, Assa ^a   Coleman, Marcus ^a   Satimanon, Thasanee ^a   Weatherspoon, Lorraine ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; ECONOMIC POLICY; EXPENDITURE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD MARKET; FRUIT; PRICE DYNAMICS; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POLICY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871362702     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098012448555     Document Type: Article

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