Elasticities of Demand for Food in India

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Abstract

The case considers alternative specifications of demand for food in India. Based on theoretical understanding and conceptual clairty, the most appropriate demand function for food in Inida needs to be identified and its coefficients to be interpreted for further analytical use.

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Product Type Case
Reference No. ECO0361
Title Elasticities of Demand for Food in India
Pages 3
Published on Dec 26, 2016
Year of Event 1960-61 to 1984-85
Authors Dholakia, Ravindra H;
Area Economics (ECO)
Discipline Economics
Sector Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Learning Objective The case can be used in the Microeconomics course to drive home importance of the consumer demand theory and several of its specific theorems It also demonstrates how seemingly normal demand functions can be theoretically inconsistent and therefore meaningless.
Keywords Price Elasticity; Income Elasticity; Demand Elasticity; Aggregate Commodity; Constant Elasticity Fraction
Country Indian
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