SLIDE 8 Dairy Farmer Cooperatives
f
Cooperatives Fluid (Raw) Milk Market
0.184
f
θ ≤ ≤ 0.061 0.497
f
W ≤ ≤
( )
0.503 1 0.939
f
W ≤ − ≤
Fluid Milk Processors
( )
0.503 1 0.939 W ≤ ≤ 0 149
w
W ≤ ≤ 0.21 1
w
θ ≤ ≤ 0.35
w
λ =
Milk Wholesale Market Retailers 0.149
W ≤ ≤
( )
0.851 1 1
w
W ≤ − ≤ 0.066
r
λ ≤ ≤ (Supermarkets) Milk Retail Market (Consumers) 0.018
r
θ ≤ ≤
( )
1 Complete dominance by assumption (Consumers)
Figure 2. Balance of Market Power among Dairy cooperatives,
Source: Kinoshita et. al. (2006) Notes: Parameters W
f and W w indicate the degree of vertical power balance, that is, W f : (1-W f) ranges from
Manufacturers, and Supermarkets in Japan
8 0.061:0.939 to 0.497:0.503, W
w : (1-W w ) ranges from 0:1 to 0.149:0.851. Parameters θ f , θ w , θ r, λ w and λ r
indicate the degree of horizontal competition.