Vertical Relationships and Coordination in the Food System [Paperback]

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.I: The Economics of Vertical Coordination.- 1. Vertical Relationships: Economic Theory and Empirical Evidence.- 2. Capabilities, Transaction Costs, and Vertical Coordination in the Food System.- 3. The Economics of Private Label Pricing and Channel Coordination.- 4. Towards a Theory of Successful Vertical Cooperation in the Food System.- 5. Value Differentiation in Agriculture: Driving Forces and Complementarities.- 6. Backward Linkages and Strategic Firm Behavior: An Application to International Trade.- 7. A Structural Vector Error-Correction Model of Price Time Series to Detect Bottleneck Stages within a Marketing Channel.- 8. The Effect of Economic Integration in Oligopolistic Markets.- 9. Globalizations Consequences for Vertical Coordination and Competition in the Food System.- 10. Export Subsidies in a Vertically-Interrelated Marketing System: The Case of Durum Wheat and Pasta.- II: Contractual Relationships and Mechanisms of Coordination.- 11. Internationalization and Vertical Relationships in the Dutch Agrifood Sector.- 12. The Economics of Learning-based Strategies and Structural Changes in the U.S. Pork Chain: A System Dynamics Perspective.- 13. Couponing as a Horizontal and Vertical Strategy: Theory and Effects.- 14. Motives, Consequences and Determinants of Vertical Contractual Relations in Agriculture: Some Results of an Empirical Investigation in Germany.- 15.lCY