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标题：Legal-Economic Barriers to Price Transfers in Food Supply Chains
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作者：Bremmers, Harry J. ; van der Meulen, Bernd M.J. ; Sredojevi, Zorica 等
期刊名称：Journal of Agribusiness
印刷版ISSN：0738-8950
出版年度：2012
页码：27-35
出版社：Journal of Agribusiness
摘要：Recent price movements have put food supply chains under pressure. On the one side, upward price tendencies on commodity markets result in higher costs to processing firms. On the other side, these firms are confronted with a strong retail sector that is able to prevent compensation to protect consumers’ and own economic interests. Regulatory impediments of European law, especially with respect to foodstuffs, can adversely be utilized as barriers to protect the interest downstream the supply chain. The problem is that legal-economic instruments which can serve to smooth price volatility in supply markets can also opportunistically be used at the expense of the middlesection in food supply chains (i.e., mainly small and medium sized producers). The aim of this article is to identify the legal-economic mechanisms that effect price transfers in food supply chains in the European Union and define policy adjustments to improve pricing mechanisms, while safeguarding the interests of the processing industry. Policy alternatives to improve the smooth functioning of notably intermediate markets in food supply chains are the restructuring of competition law, improved processor information management and creating transparency of value added in the supply chain by means of labelling devices.
关键词：supply chain;price movements;legal system;food supply