A model of expected utility maximization and a stochastic health production function are used to show how consumer's beliefs, the certainty of beliefs, and the presence of information affects demand for goods as they are driven by the demand for health. Then, it is shown that competitive markets...

This Plan B paper improves and expands on the work of Wang (2011). Using data from the Consumer Expenditure survey and the American Community Survey we estimate regional food expenditures for 19 food categories in Southeast Minnesota and the Twin Cities Metro. Wang's original research almost...

Price endogeneity has been ignored in previous analyses of food demand in China. We exploit farm price data collected from the China National Bureau of Statistics to account for price endogeneity using reduced form price equations. Applying our unique econometric approach to the analysis of...

Consumption Trends In Whole, Skim, and Lowfat Milk

Expenditures for Meat, Poultry, and Fish by Upper Income Families in the Twin Cities

Food Expenditures By Minneapolis-St. Paul Families: Variations and Implications

Minnesota Lamb Consumption Patterns" and "Alternatives for Minnesota County Government"

"Returns to Poultry Research in the United States" and "Turkey Production and Consumption in the United States"

A Brief Analysis of Postwar Changes in Food Expenditures