Complete demand systems of food in Malaysia
2008
Sheng, T.Y.,University Putra Malaysia, Selangor (Malaysia) | Shamsudin, M.N.,University Putra Malaysia, Selangor (Malaysia) | Mohamed, Z.,University Putra Malaysia, Selangor (Malaysia) | Abdullah, A.M.,University Putra Malaysia, Selangor (Malaysia) | Radam, A.,University Putra Malaysia, Selangor (Malaysia)
By using Household Expenditure Survey 2004/2005 data this study aims to build a complete demand system of food in Malaysia via Linear Approximate Almost Ideal Demand System (LA/AIDS), with incorporation of the Stone price index and the Laspeyres price index, respectively. The empirical results show that the application of the Laspeyres price index produces more plausible estimates of expenditure and own-price elasticities. In the estimation of the LA/AIDS with incorporation of the Laspeyres price index, the estimated expenditure elasticities show that demands for meat (1.4064), fish (1.2440), vegetables (1.1729), and fruits (1.0905) are likely to grow faster than other traditional main calorie sources - rice (0.9091) and bread/other cereals (0.3177) in correspondence to positive income effect in future. This study shows that as Malaysian society becomes more affluent, Malaysian consumers are increasingly seeking for higher value protein based products, as well as functional healthy foods.
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