Modelling Consumer Behavior by Inverse Demand Functions

The impact of rice imports on domestic consumer welfare using the inverse demand system

Rice is the second strategic product after wheat and one of the most widely consumed food products in the country. Population growth, consumption and growing demand, price fluctuations and welfare effects due to changes in the amount and price of rice require the attention and planning and foresight of policymakers and the countrychr('39')s planning system. In this study, in the framework of in...

Consumer behavior in rural areas of iran : an almost ideal demand system analysis

Consumer Issues and Demand

Consumers worldwide are driving changes in animal agriculture. Rising consumer income, changing demographics and lifestyles, and shifting preferences due to new information about the links between diet and health all contribute to new demands for foods. At the same time, technological changes in production, processing and distribution, structural change and growth in large-scale retailing, and ...

Consumer Demand for Traceability

The International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium is an informal association of University and Government economists interested in agricultural trade. Its purpose is to foster interaction, improve research capacity and to focus on relevant trade policy issues. It is financed by United States Department of Agriculture (ERS, and FAS), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the participating ...

Knowledge Discovery by Genetic Fuzzy Systems Applied to Consumer Behavior Modelling

Consumer behaviour discipline has made traditionally use of models to understand consumers. Thus, following the scientific method, marketing academics usually pose theoretical models which are subsequently tested by means of several statistical methods. When such models are complex –i.e. several dependent and independent constructs with multiple relations among them– the method usually used for...