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Abstract
This paper analyzes the demand for meat in Egypt for the period 1990–2005 using the
linearized Almost Ideal Demand System to estimate own-price, cross-price and
expenditure elasticities. It found that the Marshallian own-price elasticity was the
highest for fish, followed by chicken, beef and duck. On the other hand, the crossprice
elasticity of beef showed a complementary relationship with the other meat
types, except for fish, which is substitutive. Chicken and fish showed a substitutive
relationship with all other meat types. Duck showed a substitutive relationship with
all meats except rabbit. Mutton and rabbit showed a versatile relationship with the
other meat types. The highest substitutive relationship was between mutton and beef.
Compensated own-price elasticity estimates showed similar trends but smaller values
than uncompensated ones, which is theoretically consistent