Estimating supply and demand elasticities of dissolving pulp, lignocellulose-based chemical derivatives and textile fibres in an emerging forest-based bioeconomy

2021 ◽  
Vol 126 ◽  
pp. 102422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franziska Schier ◽  
Christian Morland ◽  
Matthias Dieter ◽  
Holger Weimar
Econometrica ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 763-771 ◽  
Author(s):  
Floris T. Zoutman ◽  
Evelina Gavrilova ◽  
Arnt O. Hopland

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-152
Author(s):  
Saima Rani ◽  
David Vanzetti ◽  
Elizabeth Petersen ◽  
Muhammad Qasim

Thisarticlestudiesthe supply and demand of major Pakistani crops. We estimatesupply elasticities usinga Nerlovian partialadjustment processanddemand elasticities usingthe Deaton and MuellbauerAlmost Ideal Demand Systems (AIDS). We usesecondary data from various Household IntegratedEconomicSurveysand Agricultural Statistics of Pakistan. Our estimated supplyelasticities with respect to price liebetween 0.1 and 0.5 for all crops. Pulses tend to have higher elasticities than traditional crops such as wheat and rice. Demand elasticities with respect to price tend to beinelastic, with the exception of poultry andfruit which appearto be luxury items. Pulses are income inelastic, implying that consumption may not rise significantly asper capita incomesand thatthe introduction of yield enhancing varietieswill lead to lower prices.


2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 69-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua D Angrist ◽  
Alan B Krueger

Instrumental variables was first used in the 1920s to estimate supply and demand elasticities and later to correct for measurement error in single equation models. Recently, instrumental variables have been widely used to reduce bias from omitted variables in estimates of causal relationships. Intuitively, instrumental variables methods use only a portion of the variability in key variables to estimate the relationships of interest; if the instruments are valid, that portion is unrelated to the omitted variables. We discuss the mechanics of instrumental variables and the qualities that make for a good instrument, devoting particular attention to instruments derived from “natural experiments.”


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