The Impact of Coffee Market Reforms on Producer Prices and Price Transmission

This paper evaluates the impact of coffee sector reforms during late 1980s and early 1990s on coffee growers in the main coffee producing countries. Earlier evidence suggests that the reforms increased the share of producer prices in the world pric...

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Main Author: Krivonos, Ekaterina
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/07/4986700/impact-coffee-market-reforms-producer-prices-price-transmission
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spelling okr-10986-141832021-04-23T14:03:21Z The Impact of Coffee Market Reforms on Producer Prices and Price Transmission Krivonos, Ekaterina ADMINISTERED PRICES AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURE ARIMA AUCTIONS AVERAGE PRICES COCOA COFFEE COFFEE BOARD COFFEE GROWERS COFFEE GROWING COFFEE GROWING AREAS COFFEE PRICES COFFEE PRODUCERS COFFEE SECTOR COLLUSION COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMERS CROP DIRECT MARKETING DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS EFFICIENT MARKETS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EQUILIBRIUM EXPORT CROPS FARM FARMERS FUELS GOVERNMENT REGULATION IMPORTS INEFFICIENCY INTERNATIONAL TRADE MARKET PRICES MARKET REFORMS MARKETING MARKETING BOARDS OLIGOPOLY POLICY DECISIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY PRICE ADJUSTMENT PRICE CHANGES PRICE DECREASES PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PRICE INCREASES PRICE TAKERS PRICE VOLATILITY PRODUCE PRODUCER PRICES PURCHASING QUOTAS REAL EXCHANGE RATES SALES SPOT PRICES SPREAD STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TAXATION TIME SERIES WHEAT WORLD MARKETS COFFEE INDUSTRY MARKET REFORMS MARKET PRICES EXPORTS AGRICULTURAL MARKETS TAXATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES METHODOLOGY POLICY REFORM LIBERALIZATION MARKETING PARASTATAL ORGANIZATIONS This paper evaluates the impact of coffee sector reforms during late 1980s and early 1990s on coffee growers in the main coffee producing countries. Earlier evidence suggests that the reforms increased the share of producer prices in the world price of coffee. This hypothesis is tested in the paper with the help of cointegration analysis, and the results show that in most countries the longterm producer price share has indeed increased substantially after the liberalization. Moreover, the results suggest that the reforms induced a closer cointegrating relationship between grower prices and world market prices. Finally, estimation of an error-correction model reveals that short-run transmission of price signals from the world market to domestic producers has improved, such that domestic prices adjust faster today to world price fluctuations than they did prior to the reforms. However, there is some evidence of asymmetries in the way positive and negative world price changes are transmitted to domestic markets. 2013-06-25T19:01:38Z 2013-06-25T19:01:38Z 2004-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/07/4986700/impact-coffee-market-reforms-producer-prices-price-transmission http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14183 English en_US Policy Research working paper series;no. WPS 3358 Policy Research Working Paper;No.3358 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ADMINISTERED PRICES
AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
AGRICULTURE
ARIMA
AUCTIONS
AVERAGE PRICES
COCOA
COFFEE
COFFEE BOARD
COFFEE GROWERS
COFFEE GROWING
COFFEE GROWING AREAS
COFFEE PRICES
COFFEE PRODUCERS
COFFEE SECTOR
COLLUSION
COMMODITY
COMMODITY PRICES
CONSUMER PRICES
CONSUMERS
CROP
DIRECT MARKETING
DOMESTIC MARKET
DOMESTIC MARKETS
EFFICIENT MARKETS
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITY
EQUILIBRIUM
EXPORT CROPS
FARM
FARMERS
FUELS
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
IMPORTS
INEFFICIENCY
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
MARKET PRICES
MARKET REFORMS
MARKETING
MARKETING BOARDS
OLIGOPOLY
POLICY DECISIONS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRICE ADJUSTMENT
PRICE CHANGES
PRICE DECREASES
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS
PRICE INCREASES
PRICE TAKERS
PRICE VOLATILITY
PRODUCE
PRODUCER PRICES
PURCHASING
QUOTAS
REAL EXCHANGE RATES
SALES
SPOT PRICES
SPREAD
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
TAXATION
TIME SERIES
WHEAT
WORLD MARKETS COFFEE INDUSTRY
MARKET REFORMS
MARKET PRICES
EXPORTS
AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
TAXATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
METHODOLOGY
POLICY REFORM
LIBERALIZATION
MARKETING
PARASTATAL ORGANIZATIONS
spellingShingle ADMINISTERED PRICES
AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
AGRICULTURE
ARIMA
AUCTIONS
AVERAGE PRICES
COCOA
COFFEE
COFFEE BOARD
COFFEE GROWERS
COFFEE GROWING
COFFEE GROWING AREAS
COFFEE PRICES
COFFEE PRODUCERS
COFFEE SECTOR
COLLUSION
COMMODITY
COMMODITY PRICES
CONSUMER PRICES
CONSUMERS
CROP
DIRECT MARKETING
DOMESTIC MARKET
DOMESTIC MARKETS
EFFICIENT MARKETS
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITY
EQUILIBRIUM
EXPORT CROPS
FARM
FARMERS
FUELS
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
IMPORTS
INEFFICIENCY
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
MARKET PRICES
MARKET REFORMS
MARKETING
MARKETING BOARDS
OLIGOPOLY
POLICY DECISIONS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRICE ADJUSTMENT
PRICE CHANGES
PRICE DECREASES
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS
PRICE INCREASES
PRICE TAKERS
PRICE VOLATILITY
PRODUCE
PRODUCER PRICES
PURCHASING
QUOTAS
REAL EXCHANGE RATES
SALES
SPOT PRICES
SPREAD
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
TAXATION
TIME SERIES
WHEAT
WORLD MARKETS COFFEE INDUSTRY
MARKET REFORMS
MARKET PRICES
EXPORTS
AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
TAXATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
METHODOLOGY
POLICY REFORM
LIBERALIZATION
MARKETING
PARASTATAL ORGANIZATIONS
Krivonos, Ekaterina
The Impact of Coffee Market Reforms on Producer Prices and Price Transmission
relation Policy Research working paper series;no. WPS 3358
description This paper evaluates the impact of coffee sector reforms during late 1980s and early 1990s on coffee growers in the main coffee producing countries. Earlier evidence suggests that the reforms increased the share of producer prices in the world price of coffee. This hypothesis is tested in the paper with the help of cointegration analysis, and the results show that in most countries the longterm producer price share has indeed increased substantially after the liberalization. Moreover, the results suggest that the reforms induced a closer cointegrating relationship between grower prices and world market prices. Finally, estimation of an error-correction model reveals that short-run transmission of price signals from the world market to domestic producers has improved, such that domestic prices adjust faster today to world price fluctuations than they did prior to the reforms. However, there is some evidence of asymmetries in the way positive and negative world price changes are transmitted to domestic markets.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Krivonos, Ekaterina
author_facet Krivonos, Ekaterina
author_sort Krivonos, Ekaterina
title The Impact of Coffee Market Reforms on Producer Prices and Price Transmission
title_short The Impact of Coffee Market Reforms on Producer Prices and Price Transmission
title_full The Impact of Coffee Market Reforms on Producer Prices and Price Transmission
title_fullStr The Impact of Coffee Market Reforms on Producer Prices and Price Transmission
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Coffee Market Reforms on Producer Prices and Price Transmission
title_sort impact of coffee market reforms on producer prices and price transmission
publisher World Bank, Washington, D.C.
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/07/4986700/impact-coffee-market-reforms-producer-prices-price-transmission
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14183
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