Is the price-cost margin affected by the market concentration? Evidence from the Czech food and beverages industry*

Ivana Blazkova and Ondřej Dvouletý

Business and Economic Horizons (BEH), 2017, vol. 13, issue 2

Abstract: The paper investigates the relationship between the market concentration and the price-cost margin in the Czech food processing industry during 2003-2014. Estimated econometric models with Fixed Effects supported hypothesis assuming the positive impact of the market concentration on the price-cost margin controlling for productivity. The increase in the productivity was associated with the increase of the pricecost margins. Based on the results, policy makers should promote market competition in the food processing industry, for example through the reduction of entry barriers. Another option worth consideration is to support R&D activities potentially leading to market transformation and increase in efficiency.

Keywords: Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.264698

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