Industrial Organization Research on Vertical and Spatial Compatitions in Food Systems

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25850149
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Agricultural science in management and economy
• Research Institution: Mie University (2016); The University of Tokyo (2013-2015)
• Principal Investigator: Nakajima Toru 三重大学, 生物資源学研究科, 准教授 (60641553)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: フードシステム / 産業組織論 / 不完全競争 / 空間的競争 / 計量経済分析

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to show degrees of imperfect competition and price transmission in the long marketing processes (food system) from the procurement of agricultural profucts overseas to domestic food consumption using the analytical methods of economics and statistics. Among the main findings of this research, we found that the degree of imperfect competition of the Japanese food industry has been lowered since the early 2000s. We also drew the brand-level degrees of imperfect competition of beer and beer-taste beverages (including non-alcoholic beers) in Japan. By employing the simulation analyses of price transmission in the food system, we quantitatively analyzed the effects of the change in future trade environments on the Japanese economy including the agriculture and food industries.

Free Research Field

農業経済学