DEMAND FOR NUTRIENTS: THE HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTION APPROACH

Rebecca H. Chung, Jonq-Ying Lee, Charles Moss and Mark G. Brown

No 20884, 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: The household production approach is used to characterize the household's preference toward nutrients in food consumption. Elasticities of substitution and Hicksian price elasticities are estimated, price- and expenditure-nutrient elasticities are calculated. Results show that protein is the most expensive nutrient, and that nutrients played an important role in determining households' food consumption.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.20884

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