Demand for Fresh Vegetables in the United States: 1970–2010

Table 6

Demand elasticity estimates (at sample mean shares) computed from first-differenced LA/AIDS model with homogeneity and symmetry restrictions.

Elasticity of	Price of
	Cabbages	Carrots	Celery	Cucumbers	Lettuce	Onions	Peppers	Tomatoes	Expenditure elasticity
Cabbages	𝟎.𝟏𝟎𝟕	−0.219	−0.030	−0.048	−0.261	−0.113	−0.097	−0.271	0.931
	(𝟏.𝟏𝟎)	(−2.44)	(−0.11)	(−0.86)	(−3.78)	(−3.42)	(−1.17)	(−2.44)	(4.37)
Carrots	−0.245	−𝟎.𝟐𝟗𝟕	−0.172	−0.127	−0.503	−0.218	0.209	−0.589	2.346
	(−4.02)	(−𝟑.𝟓𝟔)	(−2.13)	(−1.65)	(−4.69)	(−4.38)	(0.74)	(−5.05)	(6.19)
Celery	−0.019	−0.096	−𝟎.𝟏𝟎𝟎	−0.001	−0.110	−0.054	−0.123	−0.251	0.754
	(−0.65)	(−3.04)	(−𝟐.𝟓𝟔)	(−0.55)	(−1.16)	(−0.55)	(−1.64)	(−3.77)	(2.92)
Cucumbers	0.044	−0.059	−0.006	−𝟎.𝟗𝟗𝟓	−0.214	−0.125	−0.025	−0.467	0.839
	(0.07)	(−1.67)	(−1.76)	(−𝟐𝟎.𝟒𝟏)	(−2.59)	(−2.29)	(−0.16)	(−6.17)	(3.28)
Lettuce	−0.095	−0.102	−0.069	−0.085	−𝟎.𝟑𝟔𝟔	−0.143	−0.151	−0.379	1.385
	(−2.48)	(−0.88)	(−2.65)	(−1.07)	(−𝟓.𝟔𝟑)	(−5.28)	(−0.24)	(−5.16)	(6.90)
Onions	−0.048	−0.026	−0.030	−0.057	−0.143	−𝟎.𝟐𝟎𝟐	−0.092	−0.183	0.772
	(−0.70)	(−0.30)	(−0.69)	(−0.40)	(−1.45)	(−𝟒.𝟏𝟓)	(−2.21)	(−2.94)	(2.94)
Peppers	−0.038	−0.030	−0.068	0.027	−0.167	−0.087	−𝟎.𝟏𝟓𝟓	−0.089	0.602
	(−1.69)	(−2.92)	(−1.54)	(1.23)	(−0.73)	(−0.17)	(−𝟐.𝟒𝟕)	(−1.16)	(0.66)
Tomatoes	−0.016	0.009	−0.025	−0.057	−0.039	−0.019	−0.003	−𝟎.𝟒𝟒𝟑	0.687
	(−0.11)	(−1.22)	(−0.43)	(−1.59)	(−1.21)	(−0.40)	(−2.63)	(−𝟓.𝟎𝟕)	(3.27)

Asymptotic t-ratios in parentheses.