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The demand for food in south Africa 1

Edkins, Beverly; Dunne, John Paul

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Beverly Edkins

John Paul Dunne



Abstract

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. © 2008 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2008 The Economic Society of South Africa.

Citation

Edkins, B., & Dunne, J. P. (2008). The demand for food in south Africa 1. South African Journal of Economics, 76(1), 104-117. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1813-6982.2008.00162.x

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Mar 1, 2008
Deposit Date Jan 5, 2011
Publicly Available Date Dec 2, 2016
Journal South African Journal of Economics
Print ISSN 0038-2280
Electronic ISSN 1813-6982
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 76
Issue 1
Pages 104-117
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1813-6982.2008.00162.x
Keywords demand, food, elasticites
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1014370
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1813-6982.2008.00162.x
Additional Information Additional Information : The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com

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