Optimization of individual stages within a production-marketing chain (PMCh) may cause a suboptimal result of the PMCh as a whole. Market imperfections and conflicting interest may be the causal factors. Although vertical integration is often mentioned as the conventional solution, certain...

ABSTRACT Zero restrictions implied by Gardner's (<link href="#agr21362-bib-0011"/>) model are exploited to develop a simple test for perfect price transmission. Applying the test to the domestic marketing channels for U.S. beef and pork, we reject the hypothesis of competitive market clearing for pork, but not for beef. A...

Using a simple market model and Frisch's duality relation, this report develops propositions about the relationship between advertising and the market demand elasticity that may prove useful in empirical research. In particular, we find that a parallel shift in a linear demand function always...

Notwithstanding substantial federal financial support for the export promotion of agricultural products, ways to enhance the effectiveness of federal funding have not been discussed in empirical research. In this study, an equilibrium displacement framework was developed to evaluate whether the...