CONSUMER DEMAND FOR FOOD DIVERSITY

Jonq-Ying Lee and Mark G. Brown

Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1989, vol. 21, issue 2, 7

Abstract: In this paper, consumer demand for food diversity is measured by the entropy and Simpson indices for budget shares. Results show that consumer demand for food diversity is related to total food expenditures and household size and composition.

Keywords: Consumer/Household; Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.30114

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