Is food consumption a good proxy for nondurable consumption?

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2011
Volume: 111
Issue: 2
Pages: 110-112

Authors (2)

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Abstract

This paper examines whether there is a discrepancy in estimating the elasticity of intertemporal substitution using food consumption instead of nondurable consumption data. We show that a discrepancy exists and that the discrepancy increases as nondurable consumption increases.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:111:y:2011:i:2:p:110-112
Journal Field
General
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2
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2026-01-25