Li, Lan; Carman, Hoy F.; Sexton, Richard J. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
Rising concentration and consolidation of sales among large supermarket chains in the U.S. and other countries, due in part to a recent wave of mergers in food retailing, have made retailers' role in the food industry a topical issue. Using a unique micro dataset, this paper investigates...