Current Issues in Economics of Food Markets

Fred Kuchler ; Abebayehu Tegene ; Michael Harris , Ephraim Leibtag ; Phillip Kaufman , James Binkley , Patrick Canning ; Ryan Dooley , James Eales , Stephen Martinez ; Marinos Tsigas , Chinkook Lee , Brian O'Roark , Lorna Aldrich , Noel Blisard ,

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: food markets;    minimum wage;    taxes;    vertical coordination;    consumer biotechnology;    low-income households;    food purchasing behavior;    orange juice;    rbST;    food retailer consolidation;   

RP-ID  :  AIB-747

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

These reports synthesize economic analyses of the complex relationships in food markets of interest to officials responsible for public policy, decisionmakers in the industry, and researchers. Topics addressed so far include the economizing practices of low-income households in making food purchases, the increasing vertical coordination and integration of the industry, the link between consolidation of retailers and orange juice prices, the effects of a higher minimum wage on food prices, how taxes affect food markets, and lessons learned from the use of rbST in dairy production.