Ann Nutr Food Sci | Volume 1, Issue 2 | Research Article | Open Access

Spatial Differentiation of Food Expenditures in an Enlarged European Union

Borkowski Bolesław1*, Krawiec Monika1, Szczesny Wiesław1, Yochanan Shachmurove2 and Monika Świątkowska3

1Faculty of Applied Informatics and Mathematics, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
2Department of Economics and Business, The City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New
York, Poland
3Faculty of Human Nutrition and Consumer Science, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland

*Correspondance to: Borkowski Bolesław 

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Abstract

This paper studies the structure of consumption profiles for European countries. The analysis covers twenty European Union (EU) member states for the year 1961 and 28 EU countries for the year 2011. The paper uses data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for thirteen product groups. The analysis utilizes the Grade Correspondence and Cluster Analysis (GCCA) method. The study shows significant differentiations of consumption profiles among the European countries. However, the general profile of consumption can be described as stable.

Keywords:

Food consumption; Panel data; Dynamic econometric analysis; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); Grade Correspondence and Cluster Analysis (GCCA) method

Citation:

Bolesław B, Monika K, Wiesław S, Shachmurove Y, Świątkowska M. Spatial Differentiation of Food Expenditures in an Enlarged European Union. Ann Nutr Food Sci. 2017; 1(2): 1006.

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