Dawson, Philip J.; Tiffin, Richard - In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics 80 (1998) 3, pp. 474-481
This article examines the long-run relationship between per capita calorie intake, per capita income, and food prices using aggregate data for India, 1961–1992. Cointegration analysis yields an income elasticity of calorie intake of 0.34, while the food-price elasticity is insignificant. Thus,...