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The Demand for Food Consumed at Home and Away from Home

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  • Lamm, R. McFall Jr.

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Over the last 20 years, consumers have spent a declining portion of their income on food for consumption at home, while the share of income spent on meals purchased at restaurants, cafeterias, and fast-food chains has held constant This article attempts to explain this phenomenon by estimating a 3-equation translog system of quarterly consumer demand for food consumed at home, purchased meals, and nonfood items An explicitly additive, nonlinear, nonhomothetic translog system is found to be the best representation Results indicate that rising consumer incomes rather than changing relative prices are the principal reason consumers are eating away from home more often

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  • Lamm, R. McFall Jr., 1982. "The Demand for Food Consumed at Home and Away from Home," Journal of Agricultural Economics Research, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, vol. 34(3), pages 1-6, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersja:148825
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.148825
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    1. Jekanowski, Mark D. & Binkley, James K. & Eales, James S., 1997. "The Impact of Demographics, Market Characteristics, and Prices on the Consumption of Food-Away-From-Home," 1997 Annual Meeting, July 13-16, 1997, Reno\ Sparks, Nevada 35839, Western Agricultural Economics Association.

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