Agricultural support policies in imperfectly competitive markets: Why market power matters in policy design

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1328-1340

  Russo, Carlo ^a   Goodhue, Rachael E ^b   Sexton, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

agricultural policy; deficiency payment program; market power; oligopoly; oligopsony; price floor program; price support program

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; COMPETITIVENESS; OLIGOPOLY; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; PRICE DYNAMICS; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 80054932209     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aar050     Document Type: Article

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