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Some Evidence and Implications of Structurel Change in Retail Demand for Meats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

J. C. O. Nyankori
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Clemson University
G. H. Miller
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Clemson University

Extract

Economic theory suggests that demand behavior is time variant, but does not offer much insight into the nature of the temporal variation. For practical purposes, at least two interpretations regarding the time behavior of demand relationships may be advanced.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1982

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