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Pricing in the Coffee Industry: An Econometric Model of Prices to Growers

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posted on 2021-11-15, 18:49 authored by Alex Belser
This paper examines the relationship between the price in the global commodity market for coffee and the prices growers receive at farmgate level. A dataset containing pricing information for fifteen producing countries is used to help explain the role of world prices and retail prices in determining the prices growers receive. A fixed effects regression model is used conduct a hypothesis test on the significance of global coffee prices. Global coffee market prices and average worldwide retail prices are shown to have a significant effect on farmgate prices for farmers. Potential implications of this linkage in the coffee sector are also addressed.

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Advisor

Aadland, David

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eng

Language

English

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University of Wyoming. Libraries

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Honors Theses AY 17/18

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  • Library Sciences - LIBS

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