Oligopsony power with uniform spatial pricing: Theory and application to milk processing in Spain

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 347-364

  Alvarez, Antonio M ^a   Fidalgo, Eduardo G ^a   Sexton, Richard J ^b   Zhang, Mingxia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Milk processing; Oligopsony; Spatial competition; Uniform pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846277577     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/27.3.347     Document Type: Article

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