Is the price-cost margin affected by the market concentration? Evidence from the Czech food and beverages industry

• Authors: Blažková Ivana , Dvouletý Ondřej
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper investigates the relationship between the market concentration and the price-cost margin in the Czech food processing industry during 2003-2014. Estimated econometric models with Fixed Effects supported hypothesis assuming the positive impact of the market concentration on the price-cost margin controlling for productivity. The increase in the productivity was associated with the increase of the price-cost margins. Based on the results, policy makers should promote market competition in the food processing industry, for example through the reduction of entry barriers. Another option worth consideration is to support R&D activities potentially leading to market transformation and increase in efficiency.

Keywords

EN

Price-cost margin; market concentration; food and beverages industry; Czech Republic; regression analysis

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Prague Development Center, Czech Republic
• Journal: Business and Economic Horizons
• Year: 2017
• Volume: Volume 13
• Issue: Issue 2
• Pages: 256-269

Dates

published

2017-07-20

Contributors

author

Blažková Ivana

• Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic

author

Dvouletý Ondřej

• Faculty of Business Administration, University of Economics in Prague, Czech Republic

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