Economics of Food Behavior and Health

Catalog description

A course in microeconomic consumer theory and estimation, and other economic approaches to consumer behavior, including applications to food and health. The core of the course will involve the microeconomic theory of the consumer and demand estimation. However, other topics relevant to consumer/household behavior may be discussed, such as Duality Theory, Integrability, Function Forms (Linear Expenditure System, Linear Demand, AIDS model, Translog Model, Rotterdam Model, EASI), Price Indices, Flexibility, Incorporating Demographics and Equivalence Scales, Separability, Intertemporal Choice, Household Production, Intrahousehold Allocations, Zeroes Problem, Aggregation, Savings Decisions, Behavioral/Neuroeconomics, Labor Supply, Hedonic Models, Useful Data Sets.