Joint Costs in Meat Retailing

A dynamic econometric model relating wholesale meat prices to retail prices and wholesale meat demand is estimated using monthly data on U.S. prices and quantities of beef, pork, and chicken. The hypothesis that meat retailing costs are separable is rejected; that is, the data support joint costs in...

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Main Authors: William F. Hahn, Richard D. Green
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 2000-07-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/30840
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description A dynamic econometric model relating wholesale meat prices to retail prices and wholesale meat demand is estimated using monthly data on U.S. prices and quantities of beef, pork, and chicken. The hypothesis that meat retailing costs are separable is rejected; that is, the data support joint costs in meat retailing. The hypothesis that there are fixed proportions between wholesale meat inputs and retail meat outputs is accepted.
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chicken
demand
joint costs
pork
price transmission
retail meat margins
title Joint Costs in Meat Retailing
title_full Joint Costs in Meat Retailing
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title_full_unstemmed Joint Costs in Meat Retailing
title_short Joint Costs in Meat Retailing
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chicken
demand
joint costs
pork
price transmission
retail meat margins
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