 Intra-industry Trade in the European Dairy IndustryRenato Pieri, Daniele Rama and Luciano Venturini European Review of Agricultural Economics, 1997, vol. 24, issue 3-4, 411-25 Abstract: This paper examines bilateral intra-industry trade (IIT) in the EU dairy products industry during 1988-92, in order to assess whether both country-specific and industry-specific factors determine this component of trade flows. It is shown that IIT in dairy products between pairs of countries is negatively related to the variables indicating inequality between the two countries. Two-way flows are thus more significant, the more similar the countries are. The coefficients for the variables describing industry structure suggest that the presence of large firms with an absolute cost advantage over smaller firms stimulates IIT-enhancing non-price competition. Concentration in the retail sector was found to have a negative effect on II, which conflicts with our original hypothesis. Copyright 1997 by Oxford University Press. Date: 1997 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:oup:erevae:v:24:y:1997:i:3-4:p:411-25 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article European Review of Agricultural Economics is currently edited by Timothy Richards, Salvatore Di Falco, Céline Nauges and Vincenzina Caputo More articles in European Review of Agricultural Economics from Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, UK. Contact information at EDIRC. |
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