Data/hora: 07/06/2024 04:41:08

Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Market Power and/or Efficiency: An Application to U.S. Food Processing
Autores: | Lopez,   Rigoberto A.; Azzam,   Azzeddine M.; Liron-Espana,   Carmen.
Data: | 2006-02-28
Ano: | 2001
Palavras-chave: | Industrial concentration; Economies of scale; Industrial organization; Oligopoly power; Food processing; Agribusiness; Industrial Organization; Productivity Analysis; L00; L11; L13; L66.
Resumo: | This article separates oligopoly-power and cost-efficiency effects of changes in industrial concentration and assesses their impact on output prices in 32 food-processing industries. Empirical results indicate that although concentration induces cost efficiency in one-third of the industries, oligopoly-power effects either dominate cost efficiency or reinforce inefficiency, resulting in higher output prices in most industries. The article also provides fresh econometric estimates of oligopoly power and economies of size for the industries in question.
Tipo: | Working or Discussion Paper
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

20096

http://purl.umn.edu/25160

Editor: | AgEcon Search

Relação:

University of Connecticut&gt;Food Marketing Policy Center&gt;Research Reports

Research Report No. 60

Formato:

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