Market diversion and market power: California eggs

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-58

  Allender, William J ^a   Richards, Timothy J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitrust investigation; Eggs; Empirical industrial organization; Game theory; Nested logit

Indexed keywords

AGROINDUSTRY; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COMPETITIVENESS; EGG PRODUCTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPORT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MARKET CONDITIONS; MARKET SYSTEM; PRICE DETERMINATION; RETAILING;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76649097308     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: 15737160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11151-009-9235-y     Document Type: Article

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