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Rural Chinese Food Consumption: The Case of Guangdong
Author(s) -
Halbrendt Catherine,
Gempesaw Conrado,
DolkEtz Dimphna,
Tuan Francis
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1243740
Subject(s) - commodity , consumption (sociology) , agricultural economics , substitution (logic) , economics , food consumption , consumer expenditure survey , business , public economics , market economy , social science , aggregate expenditure , sociology , computer science , programming language
Chinese consumer behavior is analyzed based on rural Guangdong household survey data. For most food items, own‐price elasticities estimated with an AIDS model are inelastic. Commodity substitution due to relative price changes is small, except in the case of grain. Commodities most responsive to expenditure changes are meats, poultry, fruits, sweets, and durable goods.