Saghaian, Sayed H.; Maynard, Leigh J.; Reed, Michael R. - In: Agribusiness 23 (2007) 1, pp. 131-147
This study examines Japanese retail price reactions to the 2001 bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) discovery, the 2000 outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD), and the 1996 E. coli food poisoning events. Historical decomposition of retail-level price series aids in explaining the behavior...