Slotting allowances as a facilitating practice by food processors in wholesale grocery markets: Profitability and welfare effects

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 797-813

  Hamilton, Stephen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Oligopsony; Rent shifting; Slotting allowances; Vertical market structure

Indexed keywords

FOOD MARKET; NATIONAL TRADE; PROFITABILITY; RETAILING; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 0344586761     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8276.00489     Document Type: Article

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