Aggregate data and income elasticity of demand: the example of medicines in Brazil

Purpose This paper aims to demonstrate how the level of data aggregation affects the estimation of the income elasticity of demand and potentially influences the distinction between luxury and necessary goods. We explore the estimation of the income elasticity of outpatient medicine demand in Brazil...

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Principais autores:	Ricardo Montes de Moraes, Maria Angelica Borges dos Santos, Rosimary Terezinha de Almeida
Format:	Artigo
Jezik:	Inglês
Izdano:	Emerald Publishing 2025-09-01
Serija:	EconomiA
Teme:	Brazil Elasticity Health expenditures Data aggregation Ecological fallacy Simpson’s paradox
Online dostop:	https://www.emerald.com/econ/article-pdf/27/2/182/10296232/econ-11-2023-0178en.pdf
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