Demand for Beer in Brazil: An Econometric Study

Posted: 9 Jun 2003

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João Victor Issler

Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) - FGV/EPGE Escola Brasileira de Economia e Finanças

Rubens Penha Cysne

Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) - FGV/EPGE Escola Brasileira de Economia e Finanças

Marcelo Resende

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Ricardo Wyllie

Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE)

Abstract

The paper econometricaly estimates demand systems for the beer sector in Brazil. The own and cross elasticities of demand display, as a rule, the behavior predicted in theory. One can define upon a conjectural variations model developed for oligopoly, a measure of welfare loss as proportion of the sector's total revenue. Such measure, calculated for different values of the conjectural variation parameter, indicates that the losses associated with the exercise of market power are significant.

Keywords: Market Power, Cointegration, Residual Demand

JEL Classification: C3, L4

Suggested Citation

Issler, João Victor and Cysne, Rubens Penha and Resende, Marcelo and Wyllie, Ricardo, Demand for Beer in Brazil: An Econometric Study . Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=331521

João Victor Issler (Contact Author)

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Rubens Penha Cysne

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Marcelo Resende

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) ( email )

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Instituto de Economia
Rio de Janeiro RJ 21949
Brazil

CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

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Ricardo Wyllie

Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) ( email )

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Col. Tecnopolo Pocitos II
Aguascalientes, 20313
Mexico

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