Imad A. Moosa and J. L. Baxter, "Modelling the Trend and Seasonals
within an AIDS Model of the Demand for Alcoholic Beverages in the United
Kingdom", Journal of Applied Econometrics, Vo. 17, No. 2, 2002,
pp. 95-106.

All data are in the file mbdata.dat, which is an ASCII file in DOS format.
It is zipped in the file mbdata.zip. Unix users should use "unzip -a".

The data set contains 7 variables and 125 quarterly observations covering
the period 1964:1-1995:1. The data are organized by observation, with each
observation spanning three rows. The variables are directly applicable to
the estimation of equations 1 and 9 in the text (following the normal
definitions in an AIDS model). The following is the ordering and definitions
of the variables:

PB	The natural logaritm of the price of beer
PW	The natural logarithm of the price of wine
PS	The natural logarithm of the price of spirits
WB	The expenditure share of beer (%)
WW	The expenditure share of wine (%)
WS	The expenditure share of spirits (%)
RE	The natural logarithm of Real Total expenditure, calculated as the
        logarithm of total nominal expenditure (on beer, wine and spirits)
 	minus the logarithm of a weighted average of the individual
 	prices with the weights taken to be the initial expenditure shares.

The source of the data is the U.K.'s Office for National Statistics
(formerly the Central Statistical Office), Consumers' Expenditure.


Imad A. Moosa
Department of Economics and Finance
La Trobe University
Victoria 3086
Australia
Tel: 61-3-9479-1173
Fax: 61-3-9479-1654
Email: i.moosa@latrobe.edu.au