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Consumer Demand For Food Diversity

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  • Lee, Jonq-Ying
  • Brown, Mark G.

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In this paper, consumer demand for food diversity is measured by the entropy and Simpson indices for budget shares. Results show that consumer demand for food diversity is related to total food expenditures and household size and composition.

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  • Lee, Jonq-Ying & Brown, Mark G., 1989. "Consumer Demand For Food Diversity," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 21(2), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:sojoae:30114
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.30114
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