Estimated fuel price elasticities are consistent with reactions following the second major oil shock, having been significantly different from reactions to its predecessor. In turn, elasticities for both sub-periods are not well represented by those estimated for 1960-1982 as a whole

Strict conditions for a two-stage translog expenditure shares model are violated. A single- stage homothetic symmetry/equality model is rejected in favour of a non-homothetic equality model. International own-price elasticities derived from the latter for oil, gas, coal and electricity are...

Three data sets from two different quarterly surveys have been used in estimating six standard models of price change behaviour. Results for Total Manufacturing Industry, for all three data sets, show prices respond to both actual cost movements and commodity market excess demand conditions. For...