The issue of identification of the parameter α0 in the price index of the Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) is examined … respect to consumer demand theory and flexibility. An empirical analysis of beverage demands gives merit to the specification. …

This paper presents a version of the household production theory to explain the demand for health. In this study we … have explored the factors that influence the demand for medical services and medical expenditures in Taiwan. A negative … binomial model was used to study the demand for medical services. We found that the demand for medical services and medical …

the impacts of these two hurricanes on the demand for OJ in markets around the Gulf Coast areas. …

As the U.S. domestic demand for fresh grapefruit and grapefruit juice trends downward, the export markets become more … and more important for the citrus industry. Prior research suggests that when studying export demand relationships … rates and foreign demand for U.S. grapefruit juice. Monthly observations for the period from 1989 to 2007 were used in the …

This study uses the household production theory to study the demand for nutrients, i.e., households purchase a … the shadow prices appears plausible in terms of its elasticities of substitution and factor demand. After obtaining the … calculated shadow prices of nutrients, the nutrient demand functions are estimated. Results show that the own-price elasticity of …

A demand system model differentiating goods by origin is developed to examine impacts of duty drawback on U.S. orange …