The own- price elas tici ties in Table 8 meas ure the change in con sump tion of vari ous ani mal prod- ucts in re sponse to rela tive price changes within the group of ani mal prod ucts. As ex pected, price rises for a given com mod ity are as so ci ated with de- creased con sump tion of that com mod ity, other things being equal. The es ti mated price re spon sive- ness for both beef and poul try is rather mod est. The price re spon sive ness of pork and mut ton is higher, but still ine las.
