| Summary: | The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the salmon
demand of Japanese households. The specific goals are to illuminate
the substitutional relationship between salmon and other foods and to
examine seasonal and regional differences in salmon demand.
To analyze substitutional relationships and seasonal
differences, monthly data on consumption by Japanese households are
used. An econometric model was developed in which salmon demand was
specified with quantity of salmon consumed as the dependent variable
and income (food expenditure), price of salmon and the price of
possible substitute commodities as independent variables. To
investigate the regional differences, five geographically different
regions were selected. Analysis was conducted with annual data.
Among the findings are that pork may be a substitute commodity
for salmon in Japanese households, and that there are clear seasonal
and regional differences in terms of salmon demand at the household
level in Japan. === Graduation date: 1987
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