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Methodologies to Measure
Market Competition:
A Case in Chinese Taipei
Specialist Hsing-Yuan Wang
Chinese Taipei Fair Trade Commission
Friday, 11 June, 2021
OECD Competition Committee
• Direct measurement methodologies
• (Data:product prices, marginal costs and profits)
Methodologies to measure
market competition
1
Price-cost margin analysis Lerner index
Profit margin analysis Cointegration test
Marketing margin analysis
• Indirect measurement methodologies
• (Data:market share)
Market share
Concentration ratio
CR4
Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI)
• Soybean importers intend to apply to the CTFTC for
approval of a cartel exemption, which allows them to
jointly purchase and ship soybeans in bulk.
Soybean import market shares and market concentration
Case study:Soybean import cartel
exemptions
2
2012 2013 2014
Market Share of the
Central Group 40.65% 34.43% 35.91%
Market Share of the
Southern Group 52.90% 54.03% 54.37%
CR4 61.93% 64.00% 65.30%
HHI 1,363 1,534 1,731
Cointegration test
3
• We applied Johansen’s cointegration test with three
series of monthly average soybean prices(2012.1~2015.6)
to determine if a common long-term trend existed and if
the variables were cointegrated.
• CIF prices :the prices set by international grain traders
• Average import prices :the import costs for
domestic companies
• The prices for self-collection at port:the wholesale
prices in the domestic market
Cointegration test
4
Under the principles of Johansen’s model (1994), at the
significance level of 0.05, the trace test and the maximum
eigenvalue test results suggested that there was only one
cointergating vector among the three price variables .
Marketing margin analysis
5
the marketing margin of soybeans = (0.18×the price for
soybean oil +0.82×the price for soybean meal) - the price of
soybeans.
0.00
0.50
1.00
1.50
2.00
2.50
3.00
3.50
4.00
4.50
201201 201206 201211 201304 201309 201402 201407 201412 201505
United State
Chinese Taipei
$NTD/kg

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Methodologies to Measure Market Competition – CHINESE TAIPEI – June 2021 OECD discussion

  • 1. Methodologies to Measure Market Competition: A Case in Chinese Taipei Specialist Hsing-Yuan Wang Chinese Taipei Fair Trade Commission Friday, 11 June, 2021 OECD Competition Committee
  • 2. • Direct measurement methodologies • (Data:product prices, marginal costs and profits) Methodologies to measure market competition 1 Price-cost margin analysis Lerner index Profit margin analysis Cointegration test Marketing margin analysis • Indirect measurement methodologies • (Data:market share) Market share Concentration ratio CR4 Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI)
  • 3. • Soybean importers intend to apply to the CTFTC for approval of a cartel exemption, which allows them to jointly purchase and ship soybeans in bulk. Soybean import market shares and market concentration Case study:Soybean import cartel exemptions 2 2012 2013 2014 Market Share of the Central Group 40.65% 34.43% 35.91% Market Share of the Southern Group 52.90% 54.03% 54.37% CR4 61.93% 64.00% 65.30% HHI 1,363 1,534 1,731
  • 4. Cointegration test 3 • We applied Johansen’s cointegration test with three series of monthly average soybean prices(2012.1~2015.6) to determine if a common long-term trend existed and if the variables were cointegrated. • CIF prices :the prices set by international grain traders • Average import prices :the import costs for domestic companies • The prices for self-collection at port:the wholesale prices in the domestic market
  • 5. Cointegration test 4 Under the principles of Johansen’s model (1994), at the significance level of 0.05, the trace test and the maximum eigenvalue test results suggested that there was only one cointergating vector among the three price variables .
  • 6. Marketing margin analysis 5 the marketing margin of soybeans = (0.18×the price for soybean oil +0.82×the price for soybean meal) - the price of soybeans. 0.00 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50 201201 201206 201211 201304 201309 201402 201407 201412 201505 United State Chinese Taipei $NTD/kg