Blanciforti86: Artificial Prices and Quantities
Description
The Blanciforti86 data frame contains data on food demand in
the U.S.A. from 1947 to 1978. These data include total food expenditure,
expenditure shares of 4 food commodity groups and price indices for
these 4 food commodity groups. The 4 groups are 1 = meats, 2 = fruits
and vegetables, 3 = cereal and bakery products, and 4 = miscellaneous foods.source
Blanciforti, Laura. A., Richard D. Green and Gordon A. King (1986)
U.S. Consumer Behavior Over the Postwar Period:
An Almost Ideal Demand System Analysis.
Giannini Foundation Monograph Number 40, August 1986.