Cross-price elasticities of demand across 114 countries /

This report presents a simple methodology for calculating cross-price elasticities across countries, using the Frisch own-price elasticity. Cross-price elasticities are calculated for 9 major consumption categories from the 1996 International Comparison Program data across 114 countries. The consump...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Regmi, Anita
Corporate Author: United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service
Other Authors: Seale, James L.
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, [2010]
Series:Technical bulletin (United States. Department of Agriculture) ; no. 1925.
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Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo1368
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Summary:This report presents a simple methodology for calculating cross-price elasticities across countries, using the Frisch own-price elasticity. Cross-price elasticities are calculated for 9 major consumption categories from the 1996 International Comparison Program data across 114 countries. The consumption categories are: food, beverage, and tobacco; clothing and footwear; education; gross rent, fuel, and power; house furnishings and operations; medical care; recreation; transport and communications; and "other" items. Additionally, cross-price elasticities are calculated and reported for a two-good demand system of food and nonfood. The elasticity estimates from this report are the only available consistent cross-country cross-price elasticity estimates across such a large number of countries and consumption categories.
Item Description:Title from title caption (viewed on Nov. 24, 2010).
"March 2010."
"A report from the Economic Research Service."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (v, 81 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 21-24).