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<h2>Ice Cream Consumption </h2>

<h3>Description</h3>


<p>four&ndash;weekly observations from 1951&ndash;03&ndash;18 to 1953&ndash;07&ndash;11
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<p><EM>number of observations</EM> :  30
</p>
<p><EM>observation</EM> :  country
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<p><EM>country</EM> :  United States
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<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>data(Icecream)</pre>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A time serie containing :
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<dt>cons</dt><dd><p>consumption of ice cream per head (in pints);</p>
</dd>
<dt>income</dt><dd><p>average family income per week (in US Dollars);</p>
</dd>
<dt>price</dt><dd><p>price of ice cream (per pint);</p>
</dd>
<dt>temp</dt><dd><p>average temperature (in Fahrenheit);</p>
</dd>
</dl>



<h3>Source</h3>


<p>Hildreth, C.  and  J.  Lu (1960) <EM>Demand relations with autocorrelated disturbances</EM>, Technical Bulletin No 2765, Michigan State University.
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<h3>References</h3>


<p>Verbeek, Marno (2004) <EM>A guide to modern econometrics</EM>, John Wiley and Sons, <a href="http://www.econ.kuleuven.ac.be/GME">http://www.econ.kuleuven.ac.be/GME</a>, chapter 4.
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<h3>See Also</h3>

<p><code>Index.Source</code>, <code>Index.Economics</code>, <code>Index.Econometrics</code>, <code>Index.Observations</code>,
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<p><code>Index.Time.Series</code></p>


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