Saghaian, Sayed H.; Maynard, Leigh J.; Reed, Michael R. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
This study examines the time-varying Japanese 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 po isoning events. Historical decomposition of retail-level price-series aids in explaining the...