PROFITABILITY OF INCREMENTAL GENERIC PROMOTION EXPENDITURE BY AUSTRALIAN DAIRY FARMERS

Debbie J. Hill, Roley R. Piggott and Garry R. Griffith

No 12913, Working Papers from University of New England, School of Economics

Abstract: The motivation for this study rests on two factors. First, Australian dairy farmers spend around $20 million annually on generic promotion and estimates of the returns from this expenditure are required to facilitate efficient investment decisions. Second, while the Australian dairy industry is currently highly regulated despite a substantial reduction in assistance over the past decade, manufacturing milk subsidies are to be eliminated by 2000 and market milk regulations are being reviewed. The profit potential of promotion may vary with the degree of regulation, so past estimates of the returns from promotion may not hold in the competitive environment of the future. Hence, the aim of this study is to examine the effects of government intervention on the profitability for dairy farmers of incremental changes in generic dairy promotion expenditure using a perfectly competitive market as a reference point. Competitive market price and quantity outcomes for the Australian dairy industry are estimated. The impacts of increments in dairy product and competing product generic promotion expenditures on dairy farmers' profits are assessed using equilibrium displacement modelling. Finally, graphical procedures are used to examine the effects of dairy industry regulation on the profitability of dairy promotion.

Keywords: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.12913

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