Bidding for WIC Infant Formula Contracts: Do Non‐WIC Customers Subsidize WIC Customers?
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Food Marketing Policy Center WIC Contract Spillover Effects
The three major infant formula manufacturers bid state by state to be the exclusive provider to poor families under the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, and all three compete for non-WIC customers at grocery stores. Previous studies explained the low WIC prices and the higher retail prices as the result of price discrimination. We propose an alternative spillover model. Grocery store...
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Under the U.S. Special Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, the three major infant formula manufacturers compete for WIC supply contracts, state by state. Policy makers have been puzzled by why the contracted WIC price is extremely low compared to the non-WIC price. Our explanation is that winning the WIC contract is extremely valuable to a manufacturer because of a...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Agricultural Economics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0002-9092,1467-8276
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aar086