The Demand for Calories in Turkey

Ferda Halicioglu

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Abstract: This research examines dynamic causal relationships between per capita calorie intake, per capita income and food prices using time series data for Turkey during 1965-2007. ARDL cointegration analysis yields an income elasticity of calorie intake of 0.22, while the food-price elasticity is insignificant. The results suggest that economic growth in Turkey has improved calorie intake; future income growth can alleviate further inadequate nutrition. This result confirms Engel’s law too. An augmented form of Granger causality analysis is conducted amongst the variables. The short-run causality testing reveals the existence of only one causality which is running from income to calorie intake. The post-sample variance decompositions indicate that income is the main cause of the increased calorie intake in the long-run. The estimated long-run model appears to have stable parameters.

Keywords: calorie intake; Engel's law; cointegration; Granger-causality; Turkey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C22 D10 E20 F10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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