Vertical Relationships and Coordination in the Food System

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-X

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Giovanni Galizzi, Luciano Venturini

      Pages 1-3

3. The Economics of Vertical Coordination

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5

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   2. Vertical Relationships: Economic Theory and Empirical Evidence

      • Azzeddine M. Azzam, Emilio Pagoulatos

      Pages 7-20

   3. Capabilities, Transaction Costs, and Vertical Coordination in the Food System

      • Arnold Boon

      Pages 21-37

   4. The Economics of Private Label Pricing and Channel Coordination

      • Ronald W. Cotterill

      Pages 39-60

   5. Towards a Theory of Successful Vertical Cooperation in the Food System

      • Giovanni Galizzi, Luciano Venturini

      Pages 61-92

   6. Value Differentiation in Agriculture: Driving Forces and Complementarities

      • Rachael E. Goodhue, Gordon C. Rausser

      Pages 93-112

   7. Backward Linkages and Strategic Firm Behavior: An Application to International Trade

      • Stephen F. Hamilton, Kyle Stiegert

      Pages 113-128

   8. A Structural Vector Error-Correction Model of Price Time Series to Detect Bottleneck Stages within a Marketing Channel

      • Erno W. Kuiper, Matthew T. G. Meulenberg

      Pages 129-141

   9. The Effect of Economic Integration in Oligopolistic Markets

      • Juha Marttila

      Pages 143-156

   10. Globalization’s Consequences for Vertical Coordination and Competition in the Food System

       • François Nicolas

       Pages 157-180

   11. Export Subsidies in a Vertically-Interrelated Marketing System: The Case of Durum Wheat and Pasta

       • Ian M. Sheldon, Daniel H. Pick, Steve McCorriston

       Pages 181-193

4. Contractual Relationships and Mechanisms of Coordination

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195

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   2. Internationalization and Vertical Relationships in the Dutch Agrifood Sector

      • W. J. Jos Bijman, R. J. M. van Tulder

      Pages 197-210

   3. The Economics of Learning-based Strategies and Structural Changes in the U.S. Pork Chain: A System Dynamics Perspective

      • Martin L. Cloutier, Steven T. Sonka, Randall E. Westgren

      Pages 211-224

   4. Couponing as a Horizontal and Vertical Strategy: Theory and Effects

      • John M. Connor

      Pages 225-250

   5. Motives, Consequences and Determinants of Vertical Contractual Relations in Agriculture: Some Results of an Empirical Investigation in Germany

      • Klaus Drescher, Oswin Maurer

      Pages 251-266

   6. Contracts Between Farmers and Farmers’ Processing Co-operatives: A Principal-Agent Approach for the Potato Starch Industry

      • Christiane Eilers, Claus Henning Hanf

      Pages 267-284

   7. Manufacturer Strategies in the European Food Industry

      • Jartua Gilpin, W. Bruce Traill

      Pages 285-310

New analysis and empirical evidence on several topics such as the determinants of shape and nature of the vertical relationships in the food system, the determinants of vertical co-ordination and competition, types and mechanisms of co-ordination as well as the consequences for competitiveness, consumer welfare and policy implications are provided. The focus is on vertical issues at different stages of the food chain with a particular emphasis on the increasing role played by retailers in shaping the vertical relationships in the food system through the development of food supply-chain management.

• Agrarökonomik
• Agribusiness
• Agricultural Economics
• European food
• Food Chain
• Food System
• Nahrungsmittelkette
• Nahrungsmittelsysteme
• Oligopol
• Vertical Co-ordination
• Vertical Relationships
• Vertikale Beziehungen
• Vertikale Koordination
• food industry
• food safety

• Department of Agri-Food Economics, Catholic University of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy

  Giovanni Galizzi, Luciano Venturini

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