Stengos, Thanasis; Lyssiotou, Panayiota; Pashardes, Panos - Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) - 2007
We consider the effects of demographic and expenditure variables on consumer demand in a system of Engel curves using a smooth coefficient semiparametric model where the expenditure effects on the budget shares vary nonparametrically with demographic variables such as the age of head and number...