Some Evidence of the Demand for Food Variety: A Case Study of Food Items

Jonq-Ying Lee, J Shonkwiler and Mark G. Brown

No 278520, 1985 Annual Meeting, August 4-7, Ames, Iowa from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: The paper examines the corner solution in consumer demand analysis focusing on the relationship between the number of food commodities purchased and total food expenditures. Empirical results provide evidence that the number of commodities purchased both in aggregate and in specific commodity groups increases with total food expenditures, and indirectly supports the assertion that more variety is associated with greater utility.

Keywords: Demand and Price Analysis; Food Security and Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15
Date: 1985-08
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/278520/files/aaea-1985-013.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:aaea85:278520

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.278520

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in 1985 Annual Meeting, August 4-7, Ames, Iowa from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().