ESTIMATING THE INDIVIDUAL DEMAND FUNCTION FOR TABLE EGGS IN IRAQ USING THE ARDL MODEL FOR THE PERIOD 2003-2023

Authors

  • Noor Eidan Hasan Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
  • Suaad Hussein Ali Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36103/43k64k69

Keywords:

elasticity of demand, local eggs, Necessary commodity, plans of production, saturation level

Abstract

This study aimed to estimate and analyze the individual demand function for table eggs in Iraq for the period (2003-2023) and calculated the demand elasticity as they determine the relative relationship between price and quantity. The research was based on the frontier approach cointegrationusing the ARDL model in estimating the consumer demand function. As a result of both short-ran and long-ran demand elasticity showed , we conclude that eggs are a natural and very necessary commodity for the Iraqi consumer as they cannot be dispensed with even if their prices rise, the consumer will work to reduce a small part of them, and this is what the price elasticity of demand showed (-0.56, -0.73). As for the income elasticity, it showed that it is a commodity with superior goods for the consumer's income in the short and long ran as follows (1.58, 1.36) respectively, meaning that it is a commodity elastic to changes in income because the elasticity coefficient is greater than 1%. Based on what has been concluded, the researcher can recommend working to support egg production projects and working to achieve self-sufficiency in it, as it is a necessary and important commodity for the consumer, and that increasing local production works to increase the supply of eggs so that they are available at appropriate prices that the consumer can buy it.                        

Received: 2/11/2024

Accepted: 12/2/2025

Published: 30/6/2026

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2026-06-30

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Hasan, N. E., & Ali , S. H. (2026). ESTIMATING THE INDIVIDUAL DEMAND FUNCTION FOR TABLE EGGS IN IRAQ USING THE ARDL MODEL FOR THE PERIOD 2003-2023. IRAQI JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, 57(6), 1752-1763. https://doi.org/10.36103/43k64k69