Cai, Xiaowei; Stiegert, Kyle W.; Koontz, Stephen R. - In: Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 33 (2011) 4, pp. 606-622
We study beef packing margins before and after mandatory price reporting (MPR) was implemented in 2001 using a model that identifies and tests for switching between cooperative and non-cooperative regime pricing. Our results show that after MPR took effect, the duration of non-cooperative...
