Regional Preferences in the Spanish Meat and Seafood Consumption


Regional Preferences in the Spanish Meat and Seafood Consumption By Joaquin A. Millan ABSTRACT In the study of a geographically aggregated market, the choice of a representative household for the agregated market leads to consider the whole territory as a single, homogeneous one. However, there are reasons to believe that regional preference differences do exist when there are important cultural and climatic differences between regions, and, historically, most of them have developed and enriched their own cuisines and food preferences, as in Spain. The econometric analysis of a demand system using regional data of meat and seafood consumption in Spain shows that differences are reflected even in the patterns of complementarity and substitution. KEYWORDS: meat and fish demand, regional analysis, substitution, Spain View Price Analysis and Demand Estimation Session View Full Paper (PDF file)

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