Comparative price information and price dispersion in the Saskatchewan market for farm inputs

Comparative price information and price dispersion in the Saskatchewan market for farm inputs

Since September 1985, the Saskatchewan Farm Input Price Survey has provided farmers and farm‐related businesses with detailed price information on purchased farm inputs. From economic theory such information may be expected to result in a reduction of price dispersion. The results of this study agre...

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Veröffentlicht in:Agribusiness (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 1989-07, Vol.5 (4), p.335-345
Hauptverfasser: Taylor, J.S. (University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada), Spriggs, J, Kulshreshtha, S.N, Knopf, E
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Agricultural production
Agriculture
business centers
Cocoa
Comparative
ECONOMIA
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIE
ENCUESTAS
ENQUETE
Experiments
FARM INPUTS
Farms
Grocery stores
INFORMACION SITUACION DEL MERCADO
Input
INSUMOS AGRICOLAS
MARKET INTELLIGENCE
MERCURIALE
MOYEN DE PRODUCTION AGRICOLE
Polls & surveys
PRECIOS
Price levels
Price variance
PRICES
PRIX
SASKATCHEWAN
Statistical analysis
Studies
SURVEYS
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Zusammenfassung:Since September 1985, the Saskatchewan Farm Input Price Survey has provided farmers and farm‐related businesses with detailed price information on purchased farm inputs. From economic theory such information may be expected to result in a reduction of price dispersion. The results of this study agree with the theory. It was found that price dispersion was significantly reduced both within trading centers and between trading centers over the two‐year history of the Survey.
ISSN:0742-4477
1520-6297
DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(198907)5:4<335::AID-AGR2720050404>3.0.CO;2-P