Brester, Gary W.; Musick, Douglas C. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 27 (1995) 01
The national four-firm concentration ratio in the lamb slaughtering and processing industry increased from 55 percent in 1980 to 70 percent in 1992. The effect of increasing lamb packer concentration on lamb marketing margins is examined. A relative price spread (RPS) model for farm-to-wholesale...