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Price Transmission and Market Power in Modern Agricultural Value Chains

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  • Johan F.M. Swinnen
  • Anneleen Vandeplas

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Price transmission is theoretically examined and how exogenous consumer price shocks (triggered for instance by income changes, global shocks, or by changes in consumer preferences) are transmitted to producer prices, taking into account the particular nature and institutional characteristics of (“modern†) agricultural and food markets and supply chains. [LICOS Discussion Paper 347/2014].

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  • Johan F.M. Swinnen & Anneleen Vandeplas, 2014. "Price Transmission and Market Power in Modern Agricultural Value Chains," Working Papers id:5787, eSocialSciences.
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