Beverly Edkins
The demand for food in south Africa 1
Edkins, Beverly; Dunne, John Paul
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John Paul Dunne
Abstract
Food consumption is an important issue in South Africa, given its relation to poverty and deprivation. With the pressing need to increase food security, understanding the determinants of the demand for food and having some estimates of the likely impact of price and income changes has become a vital task. There is, however, surprisingly little economic research on this topic and almost none in recent times. This paper provides a comprehensive empirical analysis of the demand for food in South Africa for the years 1970-2002. It moves beyond the usual static modelling approach in using a general dynamic log-linear demand equation and a dynamic version of the almost ideal demand system, to provide estimates of the short- and long-run price and expenditure demand elasticities. © 2008 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2008 The Economic Society of South Africa.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Mar 1, 2008 |
Deposit Date | Jan 5, 2011 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 2, 2016 |
Journal | South African Journal of Economics |
Print ISSN | 0038-2280 |
Electronic ISSN | 1813-6982 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 76 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 104-117 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1813-6982.2008.00162.x |
Keywords | demand, food, elasticites |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1014370 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1813-6982.2008.00162.x |
Additional Information | Additional Information : The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com |
Contract Date | Dec 2, 2016 |
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