The Econometrics of Demand Systems

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. A Model for Food Consumption in the Nordic Countries

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction

      • David L. Edgerton, Bengt Assarsson, Anders Hummelmose, Ilkka P. Laurila, Kyrre Rickertsen, Per Halvor Vale

      Pages 3-5

   3. The Consumption of Food in the Nordic Countries

      • David L. Edgerton, Bengt Assarsson, Anders Hummelmose, Ilkka P. Laurila, Kyrre Rickertsen, Per Halvor Vale

      Pages 7-53

   4. Consumer Demand Theory

      • David L. Edgerton, Bengt Assarsson, Anders Hummelmose, Ilkka P. Laurila, Kyrre Rickertsen, Per Halvor Vale

      Pages 55-62

   5. The Specification and Estimation of Demand Systems

      • David L. Edgerton, Bengt Assarsson, Anders Hummelmose, Ilkka P. Laurila, Kyrre Rickertsen, Per Halvor Vale

      Pages 63-92

   6. A Common Dynamic AIDS Model for the Nordic Countries

      • David L. Edgerton, Bengt Assarsson, Anders Hummelmose, Ilkka P. Laurila, Kyrre Rickertsen, Per Halvor Vale

      Pages 93-138

3. Special Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139

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   2. Extensions to the Common Model

      • David Edgerton

      Pages 141-193

   3. The Almost Ideal Demand System in Error Correction Form

      • Bengt Assarsson

      Pages 195-204

   4. Projections of Future Consumption in Finland

      • Ilkka Laurila

      Pages 205-221

   5. Household and Aggregate Time-Series Data

      • Kyrre Rickertsen, Per Halvor Vale

      Pages 223-237

   6. The Importance of Socioeconomic Variables

      • Per Halvor Vale

      Pages 239-244

   7. Testing Adding Up in the Common Model

      • David Edgerton

      Pages 245-255

4. Conclusions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 257-257

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   2. Conclusions

      • David L. Edgerton, Bengt Assarsson, Anders Hummelmose, Ilkka P. Laurila, Kyrre Rickertsen, Per Halvor Vale

      Pages 259-264

5. Back Matter

   Pages 265-292

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This book contains some of the results from the research project "Demand for Food in the Nordic Countries", which was initiated in 1988 by Professor Olof Bolin of the Agricultural University in Ultuna, Sweden and by Professor Karl Iohan Weckman, of the University of Helsinki, Finland. A pilot study was carried out by Bengt Assarsson, which in 1989 led to a successful application for a research grant from the NKJ (The Nordic Contact Body for Agricultural Research) through the national research councils for agricultural research in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. We are very grateful to Olof Bolin and Karl Iohan Weckman, without whom this project would not have come about, and to the national research councils in the Nordic countries for the generous financial support we have received for this project. We have received comments and suggestions from many colleagues, and this has improved our work substantially. At the start of the project a reference group was formed, consisting of Professor Olof Bolin, Professor Anders Klevmarken, Agr. lie. Gert Aage Nielsen, Professor Karl Iohan Weckman and Cando oecon. Per Halvor Vale. Gert Aage Nielsen left the group early in the project for a position in Landbanken, and was replaced by Professor Lars Otto, while Per Halvor Vale soon joined the research staff. The reference group has given us useful suggestions and encouraged us in our work. Weare very grateful to them.

• agriculture
• consumer
• development
• econometrics
• evaluation
• science and technology
• value-at-risk

• Lund University, Sweden

  David L. Edgerton

• Uppsala University, Sweden

  Bengt Assarsson

• Landbocentret, Brønderslev, Denmark

  Anders Hummelmose

• University of Helsinki, Finland

  Ilkka P. Laurila

• Agricultural Economics Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland

  Ilkka P. Laurila

• Agricultural University of Norway, Ås, Norway

  Kyrre Rickertsen, Per Halvor Vale

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