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Market Power and/or Efficiency: An Application to U.S. Food Processing

Lopez, Rigoberto A.; Azzam, Azzeddine M.; Liron-Espana, … - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2001

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,...

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Share, Price and Category Expenditure-- Geographic Market Effects and Private Labels

William P. Putsis Jr.; Cotterill, Ronald W. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2000

Focusing on the interaction between national brands and private labels, this paper has two main empirical contributions: i) a simultaneous system of demand (share), price and expenditure equations is estimated, and ii) differences in the structure of the local geographic market are incorporated...

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Antitrust Policy

Cotterill, Ronald W.; Brock, James - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 1993

. Mergers and acquisitions restructured many American industries during the decade. This review of actual conduct is a fitting …

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Selling It, Co-op Advertising Lags Behind Private Sector Food Companies

Rogers, Richard - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 1993

-owned cooperatives seem less enamored of the powers of Madison Avenue than their privately owned counterparts in the food industry …. Advertising data spanning a 20-year period, from 1967 to 1987, show that agricultural cooperatives spent proportionately less to … also indicate that cooperatives' share of branded advertising expenditures has remained unchanged during the 20-year period …

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An Econometric Analysis of the Demand for RTE Cereal: Product Market Definition and Unilateral Market Power Effects

Cotterill, Ronald W.; Haller, Lawrence E. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 1997

a federal district court analysis of a merger?s impact using scanner generated brand level data and econometric …

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Continuing Concentration in the U.S.: Strategic Challenges to an Unstable Status Quo

Cotterill, Ronald W. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 1999

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Continuing Concentration in Food Industries Globally: Strategic Challenges to an Unstable Status Quo

Cotterill, Ronald W. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 1999

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Global Competitiveness in the Bottled Water Industry: A Case Study

Jain, Subhash C. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 1994

The bottled water market in the U.S. is a recent development. Most water bottlers had traditionally positioned their products as an alternative to tap water. A few imported waters were sold for health reasons. The real growth in the bottled water market took place in the second half of 1970s...

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A Response to the Federal Trade Commission/Anderson Critique of Structure-Performance Studies in Grocery Retailing

Cotterill, Ronald W. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 1991

This research report responds to the comprehensive critique of structure-price and structure profit studies in the food retailing industry by Keith Anderson, Staff Economist, Federal Trade Commission. Mr. Anderson's critique was in response to a request from certain members of the House...

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Concentration-Price Relations in Regional Fed Cattle Markets

Marion, Bruce W.; Geithman, Frederick E. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 1994

Since 1977, the U.S. beef packing industry has been restructured at a pace unprecedented in large American industries. By 1987, four packers slaughtered over two-thirds of all steers and heifers. In the thirteen regional feedlot-packer markets studied here, the four leading packers slaughtered...

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