Income and Price Elasticities of Demand in South Africa: An Application of the Linear Expenditure System
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- Rulof Burger & Wicus Coetzee & Friedrich Kreuser & Neil Rankin, 2015. "Income and price elasticities of demand in South Africa: An application of the linear expenditure system," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2015-100, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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