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How Much Animal Product do the Chinese Consume? Empirical Evidence from Household Surveys
Wang, Ji-Min; Zhou, Zhang-Yue; Yang, Jun - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 12 (2004)
marketing activities. However, publications by China's State Statistical Bureau underestimate animal product consumption. Such … underestimated statistics affect policy making and marketing initiatives and also lead to the estimation of distorted parameters that …
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Determinants of Meats Purchase Behavior by Ethnic Groups
Garcia-Jimenez, Carlos I.; Mishra, Ashok K. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Farmers and food companies need to assess their production and marketing strategies for nurturing business …
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Agricultural Contracts and Alternative Marketing Options: A Matching Analysis
Katchova, Ani L. - 2010
lower contract prices in absence of local competition. This study examines the price competitiveness of marketing and … production contracts depending on the availability of alternative marketing options. A propensity score matching method is used …
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MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES FOR JAMAICA’S GRAPEFRUIT INDUSTRY
Evans, Edward A.; Nalampang, Sikavas; Spreen, Thomas H. - 2007
illegal. One alternative worth considering is exporting fresh grapefruits to the EU. This marketing opportunity comes about as … the demand for the fruit in the EU could create a marketing opportunities for countries such as Jamaica. The paper … discusses the state of the Florida citrus industry with particular reference to grapefruits and the marketing prospects for …
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Hog Options: Contract Redesign and Market Efficiency
Urcola, Hernan A.; Irwin, Scott H. - 2010
This article tests the efficiency of the hog options market and assesses the impact of the 1996 contract redesign on efficiency. We find that the hog options market is efficient, but some options yielded excess returns during the live hogs period but not during the lean hogs period. Our findings...
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Dynamic Effects of Grain and Energy Prices on the Catfish Feed and Farm Sectors
Muhammad, Andrew; Zheng, Hualu - 2010
This study examines the dynamic effects of grain prices and energy prices on catfish feed prices and the price of food-sized catfish at the farm level. Using the autoregressive distributed lag model and bounds testing procedure, a long-run relationship between feed and farm prices and their...
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Does Price Asymmetry Exist In Commodity and Energy Markets?
Wixson, Sarah E.; Katchova, Ani L. - 2011
Recent increases in the price of crude oil have led to a rise in the prominence of corn-based ethanol as an alternative source of energy. As a result linkages have been established between commodity and energy prices. The aim of this study is to determine if soybeans, corn, wheat, oil, and...
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The Effect of Wal-Mart Supercenters on Grocery Prices in New England
Volpe, Richard J.; Lavoie, Nathalie - 2006
This study examines the competitive price effect of Wal-Mart Supercenters on national brand and private label grocery prices in New England. For this purpose, we use primary price data collected on a basket of identical products from six Supercenters in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode...
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THE GROWING NATURAL FOODS MARKET: OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES FOR MASS MARKET SUPERMARKETS
Richman, Nessa J. - 2000
market. Finding timely and complete market information, linking with natural foods suppliers, and pricing and marketing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444493
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Impacts of Retailers’ Pricing Strategies for Produce Commodities on Farmer Welfare
Li, Chenguang; Sexton, Richard J. - 2009
The typical model of retail pricing for produce products assumes retailers set price equal to the farm price plus a certain markup. However, observations from scanner data indicate a large degree of price dispersion in the grocery retailing market. In addition to markup pricing behavior, we...
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