Blanciforti86            package:micEcon            R Documentation

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     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.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(Blanciforti86)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     _p_F_o_o_d_1 Price index of food commodity group 1.

     _p_F_o_o_d_2 Price index of food commodity group 2.

     _p_F_o_o_d_3 Price index of food commodity group 3.

     _p_F_o_o_d_4 Price index of food commodity group 4.

     _w_F_o_o_d_1 Expenditure share of food commodity group 1 in total food
          expenditure.

     _w_F_o_o_d_2 Expenditure share of food commodity group 2 in total food
          expenditure.

     _w_F_o_o_d_3 Expenditure share of food commodity group 3 in total food
          expenditure.

     _w_F_o_o_d_4 Expenditure share of food commodity group 4 in total food
          expenditure.

     _x_F_o_o_d Expenditure for Food.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     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.

