Structural Change in Greek Meat Demand

Abstract

The hypothesis of structural change in Greek meat demand was tested in a four meat dynamic almost ideal demand system. A gradual structural change was found. The estimated path of structural change implies a gradual transition to a new regime in the beginning of the decade of 80's. The structural change is biased towards pork and chicken and against beef and lamb & mutton and it does not affect the estimated elasticities concerning their elastic/inelastic nature but only the magnitude.