Predicting within country household food expenditure variation using international cross-section estimates

International cross-section demand systems have not been tested on their ability to accurately predict within country consumption expenditures. This paper reports on such a validation exercise for the case of food budget share predictions across expenditure percentiles within Bangladesh.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Verma, Monika ; Hertel, Thomas W. ; Preckel, Paul V.
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 113.2011, 3, p. 218-220
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	International cross-section demand system \| Across income spectrum prediction \| Household data \| AIDADS \| Food demand

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	B40 - Economic Methodology. General ; D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis ; Q11 - Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis; Prices
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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