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Functional Form Of Engel Curves For Foodstuffs

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  • Witte, M.A.C
  • Cramer, J.S.

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Employing individual household expenditure data for seven foodstuffs we test five three-parameter and four two-parameter Engel curves against a more general form. All two-parameter functions must be rejected, including Working's function; it appears that a transformation of the budget share is in order to capture the observed curvature.

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  • Witte, M.A.C & Cramer, J.S., 1984. "Functional Form Of Engel Curves For Foodstuffs," University of Amsterdam, Actuarial Science and Econometrics Archive 293019, University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics and Business.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:amstas:293019
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.293019
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    1. Soregaroli, Claudio & Huff, Karen & Meilke, Karl D., 2002. "Demand System Choice Based On Testing The Engel Curve Specification," Working Papers 34139, University of Guelph, Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics.

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