Household demand elasticities for meat products in Uruguay

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-28

  Lanfranco, Bruno A ^a   Rava, Catalina ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN AGROPECUARIA INIA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Consumption; Expenditures; Food; Incomplete systems; Two step estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897745814     PISSN: 1695971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5424/sjar/2014121-4615     Document Type: Article

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