Complete demand systems of food in Malaysia
As a one of the most rapidly developing countries in Asia, there have been notable changes in Malaysian food consumption pattern. Such changes in Malaysia play an important role in the outlook for future in Malaysian agri-food industry. By using Household Expenditure Survey 2004/2005 data, this stud...
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| description | As a one of the most rapidly developing countries in Asia, there have been notable changes in Malaysian food consumption pattern. Such changes in Malaysia play an important role in the outlook for future in Malaysian agri-food industry. 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 Malaysia. 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 corresponding 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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| spelling | upm-137232018-08-14T07:12:31Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13723/ Complete demand systems of food in Malaysia Tey, Yeong Sheng Shamsudin, Mad Nasir Mohamed, Zainal Abidin Abdullah, Amin Mahir Radam, Alias As a one of the most rapidly developing countries in Asia, there have been notable changes in Malaysian food consumption pattern. Such changes in Malaysia play an important role in the outlook for future in Malaysian agri-food industry. 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 Malaysia. 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 corresponding 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. Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences 2008 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13723/1/Complete%20demand%20systems%20of%20food%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Tey, Yeong Sheng and Shamsudin, Mad Nasir and Mohamed, Zainal Abidin and Abdullah, Amin Mahir and Radam, Alias (2008) Complete demand systems of food in Malaysia. Agricultural Economics, 54 (10). pp. 467-475. ISSN 0139-570X; ESSN: 1805-9295 https://www.agriculturejournals.cz/web/agricecon.htm?volume=54&firstPage=467&type=publishedArticle |
| spellingShingle | Tey, Yeong Sheng Shamsudin, Mad Nasir Mohamed, Zainal Abidin Abdullah, Amin Mahir Radam, Alias Complete demand systems of food in Malaysia |
| title | Complete demand systems of food in Malaysia |
| title_full | Complete demand systems of food in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Complete demand systems of food in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Complete demand systems of food in Malaysia |
| title_short | Complete demand systems of food in Malaysia |
| title_sort | complete demand systems of food in malaysia |
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