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Determinants of Participation and Consumption: The Case of Crawfish in South Louisiana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

S. T. Yen ,
L. E. Dellenbarger  and
A. R. Schupp
S. T. Yen
Affiliation:
Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University
L. E. Dellenbarger
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University Agricultural center
A. R. Schupp
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University Agricultural center
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Abstract

This study investigates the determinants of crawfish consumption in South Louisiana using a generalized limited dependent variable model that accounts for both participation and consumption decisions. Income, Catholic, white, and household size increase the likelihood of crawfish consumption but not the conditional level of consumption. Education and employment status are among the other household characteristics that determine the conditional level of consumption.

Keywords

Box-Cox transformationcrawfish consumptiondouble-hurdle modelSouth Louisiana

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , July 1995 , pp. 253 - 262
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1995

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