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Provedor de dados:  AgEcon
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
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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>Food Marketing Policy Center>Research Reports
Research Report No. 60
Formato:  14

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