@article{Blanciforti:148990, recid = {148990}, author = {Blanciforti, Laura Ann and Green, Richard}, title = {The Almost Ideal Demand System: A Comparison and Application to Food Groups}, journal = {Agricultural Economics Research}, address = {1983-07}, number = {1489-2016-125537}, pages = {10}, year = {1983}, abstract = {This article presents estimates of the almost Ideal demand system (AIDS) for four food groups_and compares these estimates WI~h the AIDS' own linear approximate version and the linear expenditure system The AIDS IS indirectly nonadditive and has several desirable properties, making it a Viable demand system for analyzing food commodities Its linear approximate version IS a good first-order approximation to the complete system and IS easy to estimate}, url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/148990}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.148990}, }