Food demand analysis is dominated by the econometric estimation of demand systems based on aggregate market data and steady progress has been made in analytical techniques. Yet some issues have been neglected in food demand analysis which are crucial for understanding recent consumption trends...

Es ist Ziel dieses Beitrags, mit ökonomischen Methoden zu testen, ob wichtige Struktur-Verhaltens-Ergebnis-Hypothesen, die der deutschen und europäischen Wettbewerbspolitik zugrunde liegen, für den Fall der Neuprodukteinführungen von Lebensmitteln bestätigt werden. Es wird der Einfluß...

Economic theory suggests that market structure variables influence technical change, growth and new product introductions. Based on a broad data set for new product introductions in various food industries, it is elaborated in this article how market structure variables affect innovative...