Impact of cost shocks on consumer prices in vertically-related markets: The case of the French soft drink market

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1088-1108

  Bonnet, Céline ^a   Réquillart, Vincent ^a  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Competition; Differentiated products; Pass through; Soft drinks; Two part tariffs

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RETAILING; TARIFF STRUCTURE;

FRANCE;

EID: 84883773427     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aat055     Document Type: Article

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