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| Requillart, Vincent; Simioni, Michel; Varela Irimia, Xose Luis. |
| In this paper, we analyse the market power of the retail industry in the French tomato market. Following the methods developed in the New Empirical Industrial Organization, we develop a structural model of this industry. The analysis is based on detailed data on final consumption and prices at both shipper and consumer levels for two types of tomatoes in France. The structural model is composed of a system of demand equations, supply equations and pricing equations which include terms which capture the oligopoly and oligopsony power of the retail sector. We show that i) elasticity of demand varies during the year ii) the retail sector exercise only a ‘moderate’ market power iii) the exercise of market power decreases over time iv) If markets were... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Oligopoly; Oligopsony; Fresh products; Industrial Organization. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44279 |
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