Mark-up volatility in Food Value Chains: Evidence from France and Italy

Maria Garrone and Johan Swinnen

No 626586, Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven from KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven

Abstract: This paper estimates firm-level mark-ups and their volatility along the agri-food value chain using the methodology of De Loecker and Warzynski (2012). We estimate mark-ups of farmers, processors, wholesalers and retailers, how they change over time, and their volatility. We use detailed micro-level data from companies from Italy and France for the period 2006-2014. We find that farmers have a significantly higher volatility of mark-ups than other agents in the agri-food value chain, such as food processors, wholesalers and retailers. The volatility is negatively related with firm size in all sectors, and especially in agriculture.

Pages: 44
Date: 2018-06-06
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr, nep-bec and nep-eur
Note: paper number LICOS Discussion paper series 403/2018
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