1- Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Economics and Agricultural Development, Natural
Resource and Agriculture Campus, University of Tehran, Karaj, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Abstract: (6384 Views)
High and increasing beef marketing margin leads one to controversy about factors
affecting it. This study using the monthly data for the 1998-2005 period to investigate the
market power and to estimate how farm and marketing services supplies and retail
demand determinants can affect beef marketing margin. The results show that farm,
marketing services and retail level prices and thereby marketing margin move together in
different ways that depend on whether the determinants that cause movement arise from
a shift in retail demand, marketing services supply or farm supply. And also, positive
impact of market power beef marketing margin is observed.
Subject:
Agricultural Economics Received: 2010/04/6 | Accepted: 2010/04/6 | Published: 2010/04/6