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

Lopez, Rigoberto A.; Azzam, Azzeddine M.; Liron-Espana, … - Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy, Department … - 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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The Impact of Agricultural Marketing Cooperatives on Market Performance in U.S. Food Manufacturing Industries for 1982

Petraglia, Lisa M.; Rogers, Richard T. - Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy, Department … - 1991

utilization and the minimum efficient scale. Cooperative theory predicts improved performance in markets where cooperatives are … present through the 'competitive yardstick' effect. The underlying hypothesis that the degree of cooperative participation is … estimated using ordinary least squares methods. The cooperative share of market sales had a significant, negative impact on the …

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Does the King Use Its Power? Price Competition in U.S. Brewing

Rojas, Christian - Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy, Department … - 2005

Pricing behavior of firms in differentiated product markets has been studied intensely in recent empirical work. Despite several accounts in various industries, price leadership has remained mostly unassessed. This study analyzes price competition in the U.S. brewing industry with a focus on...

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Determinants of Entry: A Study of Leading U.S. Supermarket Chain Entry Patterns

Cotterill, Ronald W.; Haller, Lawrence E. - Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy, Department … - 1991

De novo entry by the top 20 U.S. supermarket chains into local markets is examined using Tobit analysis. We find that entry is related to potential entrants' proximity to the local market, market growth, concentration, the number of large chains that are incumbents in the local market, and the...

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An Antitrust Economic Analysis of the Proposed Acquisition of Supermarkets General Holdings Corporation be Ahold Acquisition Inc.

Cotterill, Ronald W. - Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy, Department … - 1999

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

Cotterill, Ronald W. - Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy, Department … - 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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Market Strategies in Branded Dairy Product Markets

Cotterill, Ronald W.; Haller, Lawrence E. - Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy, Department … - 1994

This paper documents the extent of cooperative penetration into branded dairy product markets and presents case study …

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VERTICAL COORDINATION IN THE AGRO-FOOD INDUSTRY AND CONTRACT FARMING: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TURKEY AND THE USA

Rehber, Erkan - Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy, Department … - 2000

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Post Merger Price Conduct: A Case Study of Pricing in Connecticut Markets After the 1996 Royal Ahold-Stop & Shop Merger

Cotterill, Ronald W.; Dhar, Tirtha Pratim; Franklin, … - Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy, Department … - 1999

This study was provided to the staff at the Federal Trade Commission in October, 1999. It expands the analysis of divestitures that was presented in an April 1999 report to the FTC (An Antitrust Economic Analysis of the Proposed Acquisition of Supermarkets General Holdings Corporation by Ahold...

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The Effects of the Beatrice-Conagra Merger on Brand-level Marketing Strategies

Haller, Lawrence E. - Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy, Department … - 1995

This paper uses graphical and statistical techniques to examine the effects of the acquisition of the Beatrice Foods Company by ConAgra, Inc. on brand-level marketing strategies. While some instances of postmerger brand harvesting were found, we did not find evidence that there was any...

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