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On the Consumer Behavior in Urban Colombia: The Case of Bogotá

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  • Jorge Barrientos Marín

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In this paper we are interested in estimating semiparametric Engel curves for different categoriesof goods using data drawn from the 1997 Family Expenditure Survey (ECV1997). Most of the papersabout consumer behavior include food and clothing shares in the analysis. Since people in developingcountries spend a great deal of time going to work, through their use of public transportation, then it is interesting to take this into account in this study. Due to joint determination of expenditure shares and total xpenditure, we adjust for any possible endogeneity,which is a familiar problem in demand analysis.So, not only estimation but also adaptive testing is provided by non-parametric procedures. Our estimations produce quadratic food and transportation Engel curves, which is an interesting result.

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  • Jorge Barrientos Marín, 2009. "On the Consumer Behavior in Urban Colombia: The Case of Bogotá," Revista ESPE - Ensayos Sobre Política Económica, Banco de la República, vol. 27(59), pages 83-99.
    • Handle: RePEc:col:000107:006896
    DOI: 10.32468/Espe.5903
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    1. Darwin Cortes & Jorge Perez, 2010. "El Consumo de los Hogares Colombianos, 2006-2007: Estimación de Sistemas de Demanda," Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad, Universidad de los Andes,Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
    2. Laura H. Atuesta & Dusan Paredes Araya, 2012. "A spatial cost of living index for Colombia using a microeconomic approach and censored data," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(18), pages 1799-1805, December.
    3. Rodrigo García Arancibia, 2013. "Curvas de Engel de alimentos fuera del hogar según circunstancia de consumo. el caso de Argentina," Revista Cuadernos de Economia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, FCE, CID.
    4. Jorge Barrientos & David Tob�n & John Fredy Bedoya, 2010. "Three-Part Tariffs and Short-Run Rationality in the Local Fixed Telephone Consumption: Empirical Evidence from Medellín 2," Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad, Universidad de los Andes,Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
    5. Darwin Cortés & Jorge Eduardo Pérez, 2010. "El consumo de los hogares colombianos, 2006-2007: estimación de sistemas de demanda," Documentos de Trabajo 7271, Universidad del Rosario.
    6. Atuesta, Laura & Paredes, Araya, 2011. "A Spatial Cost of Living Index for Colombia using a Microeconomic Approach and Censored Data," MPRA Paper 30580, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    JEL classification:

    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior

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