Perché i generi alimentari sono meno costosi nei paesi (europei) ricchi? (Why Is Food Cheaper in Rich [European] Countries?)

Perché i generi alimentari sono meno costosi nei paesi (europei) ricchi? (Why Is Food Cheaper in Rich [European] Countries?)

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<p>Relative to non-food items, food tends to be cheaper in rich, as compared with poor European countries. This tendency cannot be explained in terms of cost developments or foreign-trade considerations. A positive explanation proposed focuses on demand-income-supply interaction. An analysis o...

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Main Author: Alessandro Podkaminer
Format: Article
Language:Italian
Published: Associazione Economia civile 2012-04-01
Series:Moneta e Credito
Subjects:
Food
Prices
Online Access:http://ojs.uniroma1.it/index.php/monetaecredito/article/view/9768
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spelling doaj-25b223aac09041b8ac53fa2d21978a482020-11-24T23:19:43ZitaAssociazione Economia civileMoneta e Credito2037-36512012-04-01572279867Perché i generi alimentari sono meno costosi nei paesi (europei) ricchi? (Why Is Food Cheaper in Rich [European] Countries?)Alessandro Podkaminer<p>Relative to non-food items, food tends to be cheaper in rich, as compared with poor European countries. This tendency cannot be explained in terms of cost developments or foreign-trade considerations. A positive explanation proposed focuses on demand-income-supply interaction. An analysis of a cross-country price-augmented modification of Engel's Law, econometrically specified, indicates that the relative price of food is related positively to the supply of food items and negatively to that of non-food items. This finding is consistent with "agricultural price scissors", and also casts a different light on the nature of economic development and structural change.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>JEL Codes:</strong> D12, L11, L66, Q11</p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Food, Prices</p>http://ojs.uniroma1.it/index.php/monetaecredito/article/view/9768FoodPrices
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Perché i generi alimentari sono meno costosi nei paesi (europei) ricchi? (Why Is Food Cheaper in Rich [European] Countries?)
Moneta e Credito
Food
Prices
author_facet Alessandro Podkaminer
author_sort Alessandro Podkaminer
title Perché i generi alimentari sono meno costosi nei paesi (europei) ricchi? (Why Is Food Cheaper in Rich [European] Countries?)
title_short Perché i generi alimentari sono meno costosi nei paesi (europei) ricchi? (Why Is Food Cheaper in Rich [European] Countries?)
title_full Perché i generi alimentari sono meno costosi nei paesi (europei) ricchi? (Why Is Food Cheaper in Rich [European] Countries?)
title_fullStr Perché i generi alimentari sono meno costosi nei paesi (europei) ricchi? (Why Is Food Cheaper in Rich [European] Countries?)
title_full_unstemmed Perché i generi alimentari sono meno costosi nei paesi (europei) ricchi? (Why Is Food Cheaper in Rich [European] Countries?)
title_sort perché i generi alimentari sono meno costosi nei paesi (europei) ricchi? (why is food cheaper in rich [european] countries?)
publisher Associazione Economia civile
series Moneta e Credito
issn 2037-3651
publishDate 2012-04-01
description <p>Relative to non-food items, food tends to be cheaper in rich, as compared with poor European countries. This tendency cannot be explained in terms of cost developments or foreign-trade considerations. A positive explanation proposed focuses on demand-income-supply interaction. An analysis of a cross-country price-augmented modification of Engel's Law, econometrically specified, indicates that the relative price of food is related positively to the supply of food items and negatively to that of non-food items. This finding is consistent with "agricultural price scissors", and also casts a different light on the nature of economic development and structural change.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>JEL Codes:</strong> D12, L11, L66, Q11</p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Food, Prices</p>
topic Food
Prices
url http://ojs.uniroma1.it/index.php/monetaecredito/article/view/9768
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