Gradual Switching Structural Changes of Meat Consumption in Taiwan
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This paper utilized a linear approximate version of the Almost Ideal Demand
System to evaluate structural changes of meat consumption in Taiwan. Time transition paths
for each product were identified and first-order autocorrelation was taken into consideration.
Structural changes of beef consumption (1979-1984) were completed before structural
changes of other products had started. Shifting in consumption patterns of pork (1990-1995)
and poultry (1988-1994) took about the same time length. Structural changes of fishery
products (1994-1996) occurred toward the end of the time period. With the gradual
switching time paths, estimated elasticities show that own-price elasticities for pork, beef, and
fishery products became more responsive to their own-price changes.