Price Dynamics in a Vertical Sector: The Case of Butter

Jean-Paul Chavas () and Aashish Mehta

No 201555, Working Papers from University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Food System Research Group

Abstract: We develop a reduced-form model of price transmission in a vertical sector, allowing for refined asymmetric, contemporaneous and lagged, own and cross price effects. The model is used to analyze wholesale-retail price dynamics in the US butter market. The analysis provides strong evidence of asymmetric price transmissions. It documents the complex nature of nonlinear price dynamics in a vertical sector and its implications for the distribution of future prices. It finds evidence that the asymmetric response to shocks is stronger in the short run for retail prices, and in the longer run for wholesale prices.

Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30
Date: 2002
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Journal Article: Price Dynamics in a Vertical Sector: The Case of Butter (2004)
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Working Paper: Price Dynamics in a Vertical Sector: The Case of Butter (2002)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.201555

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