Urban food prices under lockdown: evidence from Myanmar’s traditional food retail sector during COVID-19

Goeb, Joseph; Maredia, Mywish K.; Win, Khin Zin; Lambrecht, Isabel; Boughton, Duncan; Minten, Bart

doi:10.1080/00036846.2022.2044999

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“…Goeb, Maredia [87] Myanmar Fixed Effect Regression The increased margins were small, only 2% of head rice prices for consumers and producers alike.…”

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The volatility of beef and lamb prices in Türkiye: The role of COVID–19, livestock imports, and energy prices

Bozma

Urak²,

Bilgiç³

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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This study examines the volatility of beef and lamb prices in Türkiye, as food price inflation compromises the food security of low- and middle-income households. The inflation is the result of a rise in energy (gasoline) prices leading to an increase in production costs, together with a disruption of the supply chain by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study is the first to comprehensively explore the effects of multiple price series on meat prices in Türkiye. Using price records from April 2006 through February 2022, the study applies rigorous testing and selects the VAR(1)–asymmetric BEKK bivariate GARCH model for empirical analysis. The beef and lamb returns were affected by periods of livestock imports, energy prices, and the COVID-19 pandemic, but those factors influenced the short- and long–term uncertainties differently. Uncertainty was increased by the COVID–19 pandemic, but livestock imports offset some of the negative effects on meat prices. To improve price stability and assure access to beef and lamb, it is recommended that livestock farmers be supported through tax exemptions to control production costs, government assistance through the introduction of highly productive livestock breeds, and improving processing flexibility. Additionally, conducting livestock sales through the livestock exchange will create a price information source allowing stakeholders to follow price movements in a digital format and their decision-making.

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“…Goeb, Maredia [87] Myanmar Fixed Effect Regression The increased margins were small, only 2% of head rice prices for consumers and producers alike.…”

Section: Summary Of Resultsmentioning

confidence: 97%

The volatility of beef and lamb prices in Türkiye: The role of COVID–19, livestock imports, and energy prices

Bozma

Urak²,

Bilgiç³

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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“…The coup halted Myanmar's COVID-19 economic recovery and caused more severe and widespread economic collapse caused by increased transportation restrictions, curfews, fuel price increases, cash shortages, critical interruptions in the banking sector, and increasing violence (Goeb et al, 2022;MAPSA, 2022aMAPSA, , 2022b. Further, a third wave of COVID-19 hit Myanmar in July 2021, which was again met with lockdowns, transportation restrictions, and land-border closures.…”

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Preferences for pandemic recovery policies: Perspectives of Myanmar agri‐food system participants

Maredia

Goeb

Ortega

et al. 2022

J of Agr & App Econ Assoc

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This study assesses preferences for COVID-19 pandemic recovery policies from four key groups representing the upstream (input retailers), farm (farmers), and downstream (millers and traders) levels of Myanmar's agrifood-system using the best-worst scaling (BWS) method. Our results show that nonrestrictive policies such as maintaining open international borders and allowing businesses to stay open are preferred to cash transfers and free COVID-19 vaccination. However, there is considerable heterogeneity across groups, and group characteristics matter more than individual characteristics in shaping policy preferences. This paper highlights the need for careful consideration of diverse stakeholder perspectives in designing recovery policies.

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“…However, during the lockdown phase, prices for certain highly demanded product groups increased and fewer prices were communicated as promotional prices. When data is collected from multiple food retailers, existing studies either do not focus particularly on grocery prices (Peña & Prades, 2021) or only cover family-owned retail shops (Goeb et al, 2022).…”

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Pandemic pricing: Evidence from German grocery e‐commerce

Fedoseeva

Droogenbroeck

2023

Agribusiness

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The sudden demand spike for online grocery purchases during the Covid‐19 pandemic and supply bottlenecks caused by disrupted global value chains put immense pressure on prices. We analyze the prices of the largest German online grocers to test how these challenges affected prices during the first wave of the pandemic. Using a large dataset of online price quotes, we shed light on the magnitude of price changes across retailer types, product categories, and stages of the pandemic. We show that online prices went up as the intensity of Covid‐19 containment measures increased. The magnitude of price increases was heterogeneous across retailers and product categories: pure online retailers showed a lower price response compared to hybrid stores, while the prices of essential food items such as baby foods and pantry products increased more than those of other product categories or beverages. [EconLit Citations: E31, Q31].

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Urban food prices under lockdown: evidence from Myanmar’s traditional food retail sector during COVID-19

Cited by 7 publications

References 47 publications

The volatility of beef and lamb prices in Türkiye: The role of COVID–19, livestock imports, and energy prices

The volatility of beef and lamb prices in Türkiye: The role of COVID–19, livestock imports, and energy prices

Preferences for pandemic recovery policies: Perspectives of Myanmar agri‐food system participants

Pandemic pricing: Evidence from German grocery e‐commerce

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