Demand for meat and dairy products by Turkish households: A Bayesian censored system approach

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 117-127

  Bilgic, Abdulbaki ^a,b   Yen, Steven T ^b  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian MCMC; C11; C34; Censoring; D12; Food demand; LAIDS; Q12; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FOOD MARKET; FOOD SUPPLY; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LINEARITY; MARKOV CHAIN; MEAT; MILK; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PRICE DYNAMICS; RURAL ECONOMY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

TURKEY;

EID: 84895522757     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/agec.12019     Document Type: Article

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