Consumer Issues and Demand

An Investigation of the Composition of Iran's Import Demand: Capital, Intermediate and Consumer Goods during 1978-2004

The objective of this study has been to develop a typical specification of the Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) for Iran’s composition of imports including capital, intermediate and consumer goods. Accordingly, we first test the hypotheses that import demand is homothetic, homogeneous, symmetric, and depends on domestic prices. Then, we estimate the long-run elasticities of the composition o...

Estimation of Household Energy Demand Function: Evidences from 28 Provinces of Iran

Nowadays, demand for energy is one of the important and applicable issues in different countries. Energy demand is of great importance from the viewpoints devastating impact on the environment and in terms of economic costs. The household sector is the major consumer of energy study of the factors influencing the energy consumption can have beneficial results in terms of the application of appr...

Consumer behavior in rural areas of iran : an almost ideal demand system analysis

Food quality and safety: consumer perception and demand

Research on consumer quality perception is reviewed using the Total Food Quality Model as a structuring device. The relationship between food safety and quality is addressed, and is discussed in the context of research on consumer risk perception. Quality and safety perception is linked to food choice and consumer demand, addressing questions of price perception and the validity of willingness-...

The impact of rice imports on domestic consumer welfare using the inverse demand system

Rice is the second strategic product after wheat and one of the most widely consumed food products in the country. Population growth, consumption and growing demand, price fluctuations and welfare effects due to changes in the amount and price of rice require the attention and planning and foresight of policymakers and the countrychr('39')s planning system. In this study, in the framework of in...

Estimation of Static and Dynamic Demand Function of Household Water in Qazvin Province and Review of the Rate of Change in Consumer Behavior Over Time

In this research, the demand function of drinkable  water in Qazvin Province was estimated using dynamic and static methods. The required data were collected from the data of the provinces of Qazvin in the time period (1996-2016) and collected by referring to the statistical system of Statistics Center of Iran and the provincial planning and budget organization of Qazvin Province. The explanato...