Industrialization and consolidation in the U.S. Food Sector:Implications for competition and welfare

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1087-1104

  Sexton, Richard J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FOOD INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034471525     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0002-9092.00106     Document Type: Article

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