The effect of farm supply shifts on concentration and market power in the food processing sector

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 524-531

  Hamilton, Stephen F ^a   Sunding, David L ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration; Market power; Oligopsony; Supply shifts

Indexed keywords

FARM SUPPLY; FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY; MARKET STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031406023     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244149     Document Type: Article

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