Title

Slotting Allowances As A Facilitating Practice By Food Processors In Wholesale Grocery Markets: Profitability And Welfare Effects

Keywords

Oligopsony; Rent-shifting; Slotting allowances; Vertical market structure

Abstract

Slotting allowances, which are lump-sum transfers paid by food manufacturers to grocery retailers in return for various retail concessions, are becoming increasingly common in wholesale grocery markets. This article extends the literature on slotting allowances by considering two features that previously have been ignored: the role of food processors in determining these pricing arrangements, and the effect of slotting allowances on the size and distribution of economic surplus. Slotting allowances motivated by food processors increase procurement quantities and farm prices, and this raises farm surplus, increases total producer surplus, and improves consumer welfare in the food system.

Publication Date

11-1-2003

Publication Title

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volume

85

Issue

4

Number of Pages

797-813

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8276.00489

Socpus ID

0344586761 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0344586761

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