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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Assessing Oligopoly and Oligopsony Power in the U.S. Catfish Industry
Autores: | Bouras,   David; Engle,   Carole R.
Data: | 2010-05-21
Ano: | 2007
Palavras-chave: | Competition; Conjectural variation model; U.S. catfish industry; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries.
Resumo: | This paper addresses the issue of competition in the U.S. catfish industry. To this end, a conjectural variation oligopolistic model was developed. The model was estimated econometrically using the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) procedure. Chi-square analysis implied that catfish processors do not exert market power over farmers or over consumers. The conjectural elasticity was estimated to be 0.073, the oligopoly power index 0.28, and the oligopsony power index 0.68, and none of these values were statistically significant. The results support competitive behavior of the catfish processing sector.
Tipo: | Journal Article
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

0738-8950

http://purl.umn.edu/62284

Relação: | Journal of Agribusiness&gt;Volume 25, Number 1, Spring 2007
Formato: | 11