Modelling Regional Consumption Patterns in Australia*

Selva Selvanathan, Saroja Selvanathan, Lucille Wong, Maneka Jayasinghe

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Abstract

In 1977, Stigler and Becker hypothesised that ‘tastes neither change capriciously nor differ importantly between people’. In an interregional context, this implies that irrespective of differences in income and geography, consumers in different regions are similar. Studies conducted 25 years ago using data for Australian states found support for this hypothesis. However, due to the changing ethnic composition of the population in the states of Australia, differences in consumption patterns between states are emerging. Using recent regional consumption data and demand models, we investigate in this study whether there are regional disparities across the six Australian states, and find that there are in fact differences.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)141-156
Number of pages16
JournalEconomic Record
Volume97
Issue number317
Early online date18 May 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2021

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