Food Prices and Consumer Demand: Differences across Income Levels and Ethnic Groups

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Ni Mhurchu, Cliona ^a   Eyles, Helen ^a   Schilling, Chris ^b   Yang, Qing ^b   Kaye Blake, William ^b   Genç, Murat ^c   Blakely, Tony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Wellington   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY DRINK; ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INTAKE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRICE ELASTICITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COMMERCE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FOOD; HUMANS; INCOME;

EID: 84884894963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075934     Document Type: Article

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