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A Farm to Retail Sectoral Analysis of the Northeast Food Industry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

C. M. Gempesaw II ,
G. C. Reisner  and
P. J. Wobus
C. M. Gempesaw II
Affiliation:
Department of Food and Resource Economics. University of Delaware. G. C.
G. C. Reisner
Affiliation:
Department of Food and Resource Economics. University of Delaware. G. C. USDA-ERS-NED
P. J. Wobus
Affiliation:
Department of Food and Resource Economics. University of Delaware. G. C.
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Abstract

Previous studies analyzing the U.S. food industry have used national data and/or have focused on a particular sector of the industry. However, regional differences in resource endowments, income opportunities and population distribution imply that the impact of changing economic environment will not be the same for all regions. A farm to retail multiproduct sectoral model for the Northeast food industry is developed and estimated. This regional approach is used to analyze the effects of changes in exogenous variables on the Northeast region's food production and consumption. Empirical results are presented in terms of intrasectoral flexibilities and elasticities. Selected results from other regions are also presented and compared with the Northeast results.

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Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , October 1987 , pp. 130 - 143
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Copyright © 1987 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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Footnotes

This research was supported by USDA-ERS-NED Cooperative Agreement No. 58-3J23-5-00389. The helpful comments of the editor and anonymous reviewers are gratefully acknowledged. Published as Miscellaneous Paper No. 1188 of the Delaware Agricultural Experiment Station.

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