Dynamics of the Economic Impact Associated with the 2015 Avian Flu Virus in the United States

• Main Authors: Paukett, Michelle, Dharmasena, Senarath, Bessler, David A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Unknown 2016
• Subjects: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries; Avian Influenza; shell eggs; vector autoregression; producer revenue loss; hen depopulation; econometrics; Chavez; Avian flu
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.235435; https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/235435

In 2015, the U.S. poultry industry was impacted by an outbreak of avian influenza, resulting in fewer hens and increased egg prices. Various estimates of the economic costs of this outbreak have been reported in the extant literature; however, it is unclear how these estimates were derived. Therefor...