In food retailing a high degree of static price dispersion between and within stores and between brands has been documented, but at the brand and/or retail outlet level the dynamic behaviour of prices, as well as its causes, have not been analysed in the European food market context. In this...

Auf den Weltmärkten verschiedener landwirtschaftlicher Produkte sind seit 2007 volatilere und höhere Preise festzustellen. Deren Auswirkungen auf die innereuropäischen Preise für Agrarerzeugnisse und Lebensmittel sollen im Rahmen des europäischen Verbundforschungsvorhabens „Transparency...

A structural market model is estimated to analyse the impact of market power on resource allocation in the German and Hungarian pork markets. The regression analyses suggest that market power exists, although on a relatively low level. Moreover, the estimates show that processors might pursue...