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Table 8 Unconditional, Hicksian price and income elasticities at stage 2, light drinking households (at sample means)

From: Consumer demand for alcoholic beverages in Switzerland: a two-stage quadratic almost ideal demand system for low, moderate, and heavy drinking households

 

Win

Bee

Sp

Cof

Tea

CBe

MWa

NaS

FJVJ

Income

Wine

-1.273 (0.246)***

-0.143 (0.141)

0.039 (0.203)

-0.155 (0.161)

-0.799 (1.049)

0.174 (0.718)

0.450 (0.348)

-0.483 (0.176)***

0.004 (0.595)

0.620 (0.366)*

Beer

0.680 (0.707)

-1.216 (0.457)***

0.001 (0.265)

0.551 (0.225)**

-1.890 (2.355)

-2.938 (1.576)*

-1.056 (1.363)

0.480 (0.545)

1.082 (0.874)

0.469 (0.534)

Spirits

0.365 (0.400)

-0.010 (0.151)

-0.858 (0.220)***

0.111 (0.152)

2.877 (1.163)**

0.319 (1.276)

-0.760 (0.730)

0.430 (0.235)*

0.417 (0.703)

0.666 (0.408)

Coffee

0.367 (0.347)

0.165 (0.151)

0.036 (0.163)

-0.728 (0.133)***

-3.207 (1.311)**

-1.823 (0.721)**

-0.431 (0.667)

0.193 (0.240)

0.708 (0.527)

0.569 (0.307)*

Tea

-0.998 (0.579)*

-0.437 (0.245)*

-0.070 (0.430)

-0.604 (0.296)**

-4.653 (2.843)

-0.584 (1.466)

2.529 (1.147)**

-0.720 (0.342)**

-1.146 (1.403)

0.875 (0.845)

Cocoa beverages

0.639 (0.564)

-0.330 (0.627)

0.014 (0.403)

-0.003 (0.446)

-4.244 (1.627)***

-1.240 (1.244)

-0.806 (0.915)

0.377 (0.609)

-0.573 (0.825)

1.489 (0.668)**

Mineral water

-0.188 (0.831)

-0.852 (0.670)

-0.098 (0.316)

-0.705 (0.445)

-6.923 (2.611)***

0.727 (1.186)

0.491 (1.599)

-0.189 (0.653)

-1.238 (0.819)

2.068 (0.403)***

Non-alcoholic soft drinks

-0.280 (0.254)

0.100 (0.230)

-0.010 (0.100)

0.075 (0.154)

-0.166 (0.348)

-0.421 (0.339)

0.141 (0.437)

-1.061 (0.256)***

0.384 (0.129)***

0.464 (0.109)***

Fruit juices and vegetables juices

0.171 (0.275)

0.388 (0.273)

0.112 (0.163)

0.026 (0.137)

-0.812 (1.077)

-1.558 (0.458)***

-0.262 (0.753)

0.026 (0.251)

-0.206 (0.465)

0.220 (0.248)

  1. *, ** and *** denote significance at 10%, 5% and 1% level, respectively.
  2. Note: Win: Wine, Bee: Beer, Sp: Spirits, Cof: Coffee, Tea: Tea, CBe: Cocoa beverages, MWa: Mineral Water, NaS: Non-alcoholic soft drinks, FJVJ: Fruit juices and vegetables juices.