IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/ags/eaa113/58037.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

Vertical price formation in the Finnish food chain

Author

Listed:
  • Karikallio, Hanna
  • Arovuori, Kyösti
  • Pyykkonen, Perttu

Abstract

In this paper we analyse, how food prices have been spread between different actors in the Finnish food chain in 2000-2007. In addition, we compare price formation in Finland to eight other countries. We argue that the main factors explaining different food price behaviour between different countries especially in Europe are; the level of processing in the consumed food products, domestic competition, availability of substitute products, domestic consumption structure and consumers’ preferences. Our results show, that retailers’ share of food prices has increased in Finland, while both the farmers’ and processors’ share has been decreasing. This development differs significantly between countries. Yet, it seems that the lack of competition gives retail sector a significant advantage in the food chain, especially when food processors are facing increased competition on from imports.

Suggested Citation

  • Karikallio, Hanna & Arovuori, Kyösti & Pyykkonen, Perttu, 2009. "Vertical price formation in the Finnish food chain," 113th Seminar, September 3-6, 2009, Chania, Crete, Greece 58037, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:eaa113:58037
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.58037
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/58037/files/Karikallio.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.22004/ag.econ.58037?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ags:eaa113:58037. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: AgEcon Search (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/eaaeeea.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.