The issue of weak separability in demand systems estimation: an application to the demand of meat in Brazil

Weak separability is a frequently maintained hypothesis in demand analysis and it’s rarely tested. This paper tested the restrictions of weak separability in a meat demand system in Brazil, using microdata from POF 2008-09. Results showed that consumers do not distinguishmeats by animal type or qual...

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Main Authors: Guilherme Fonseca Travassos, Alexandre Bragança Coelho
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-09-01
Series:Economia Aplicada
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/ecoa/article/view/106045