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Abstract
Estimates of price and scale elasticities for U.S. consumed shrimp are derived using
aggregate shrimp data differentiated by source country. Own-price elasticities for all
countries had the expected negative signs, were statistically significant, and inelastic. The
scale elasticities for all countries were positive and statistically significant at the 1% level
with only the United States and Ecuador having scale elasticities of less than one. For the
most part, the compensated demand effects showed that most of the cross-price effects were
positive. Our results also suggest that despite the countervailing duties imposed by the
United States, shrimp demand was fairly stable.