TY - CPAPER AB - The paper examines the corner solution in consumer demand analysis focusing on the relationship between the number of food commodities purchased and total food expenditures. Empirical results provide evidence that the number of commodities purchased both in aggregate and in specific commodity groups increases with total food expenditures, and indirectly supports the assertion that more variety is associated with greater utility. AU - Lee, Jonq-Ying AU - Shonkwiler, J.S. AU - Brown, Mark G. DA - 1985-08 DA - 1985-08 DO - 10.22004/ag.econ.278520 DO - doi ID - 278520 KW - Demand and Price Analysis KW - Food Security and Poverty KW - Demand KW - Food Variety KW - Tobit L1 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/278520/files/aaea-1985-013.pdf L2 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/278520/files/aaea-1985-013.pdf L4 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/278520/files/aaea-1985-013.pdf LA - eng LA - English LK - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/278520/files/aaea-1985-013.pdf N2 - The paper examines the corner solution in consumer demand analysis focusing on the relationship between the number of food commodities purchased and total food expenditures. Empirical results provide evidence that the number of commodities purchased both in aggregate and in specific commodity groups increases with total food expenditures, and indirectly supports the assertion that more variety is associated with greater utility. PY - 1985-08 PY - 1985-08 T1 - Some Evidence of the Demand for Food Variety: A Case Study of Food Items TI - Some Evidence of the Demand for Food Variety: A Case Study of Food Items UR - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/278520/files/aaea-1985-013.pdf Y1 - 1985-08 ER -