Price behavior in a dynamic oligopsony: Washington processing potatoes

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 259-271

  Richards, Timothy J ^b   Patterson, Paul M ^b   Acharya, Ram N ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Collusion; Dynamic game; Mixture estimation; Oligopsony; Potatoes; Trigger strategy

Indexed keywords

FOOD MARKET; FOOD PROCESSING; MARKET CONDITIONS; PRICE DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0034996038     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0002-9092.00154     Document Type: Article

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