Based on the panel data of 306 cities in China from 2002 to 2012, this paper investigates China's road transport fuel (i.e., gasoline and diesel) demand system by using the Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) and the Quadratic AIDS (QUAIDS) models. The results indicate that own-priceelasticitiesfordifferentvehiclecategoriesrangefrom-1.215to-0.459(byAIDS)andfrom -1.399 to-0.369 (by QUAIDS). Then, ...

The aim of the paper is to explain beef consumption through economic indicators and prediction tendencies consumption. There are countries like Slovakia that confirm opposite trend despite global growth. In terms ecosystems' sustainability, production should be adjusted accordingly, as in case Slovakia. We focus on aspect from perspective sustainability. Commodity prices considered a significan...

This study estimates the demand for meat in Indonesian urban households encompassing beef, goat, broiler chicken, and native chicken. We estimate using cross-sectional data from 2013 Socio-Economic Household Survey data, which records food expenditure a week before survey. Because of some zero expenditure, Censored Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) consistent two-step estimation is applied. The...

address to increasing demand for wood products and limited domestic resources, wood and wood products imports as one of the easily available and widespread ways in international context, is very important. among the policy on the imported wood market that is evident, apply a tariff and non-tariff barriers. know the reaction importers against the change priced is important to be determined and a...