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The Demand For Food In South Africa1

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  • J Paul Dunne
  • Beverly Edkins

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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.

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  • J Paul Dunne & Beverly Edkins, 2008. "The Demand For Food In South Africa1," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 76(1), pages 104-117, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:sajeco:v:76:y:2008:i:1:p:104-117
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2008.00162.x
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    1. Agbola, Frank W. & Maitra, Pushkar & McLaren, Keith Robert, 2003. "On The Estimation Of Demand Systems With Large Number Of Goods: An Application To South Africa Household Food Demand," 2003 Annual Conference, October 2-3, 2003, Pretoria, South Africa 19097, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA).
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    1. Rulof Petrus Burger & Lodewicus Charl Coetzee & Carl Friedrich Kreuser & Neil Andrew Rankin, 2017. "Income and Price Elasticities of Demand in South Africa: An Application of the Linear Expenditure System," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 85(4), pages 491-514, December.
    2. Rulof Petrus Burger & Lodewicus Charl Coetzee & Carl Friedrich Kreuser & Neil Andrew Rankin, 2017. "Income and Price Elasticities of Demand in South Africa: An Application of the Linear Expenditure System," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 85(4), pages 491-514, December.

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