was to examine habit persistence in consumption and to determine the adjustment process in demand. Results indicated that …, habit persistence played a role in demand where present consumption of a given product was positively affected by past … consumption of that product. Consequently, U.S. catfish demand was significantly more elastic in the long-run. …

interactions and relative prices on fruit and vegetable consumption by African American youths using rich behavioral data from the … intake by African Americans as a result of “spillover” consumption effects between the youths and parents. …

per capita milk consumption growing from 16 litres in 1986to 58 litres by 2010. A variety of dairy products that were … income generation not only for about 700,000 dairy farming households, but also for farm input dealers, dairy equipment …

endogeniety and zero consumption expenditure. The elasticity coefficients from QUAIDS are used to estimate Compensated Variations … gain of rural households by about 10.5% on aggregate, as compared to less than 1% for the reference period (1994 - 2004 … effects. It could be argued that the welfare gains at aggregate level is not equally distributed among rural households as 37 …

This paper investigates the effects of network based individual social capital on the access of rural households to … combination with socially distant ties bridginglink social capital) can potentially improve households’ access to rural services. …