Up until the early years of independence, Morocco was completely dependent upon foreign sources of sugar. With installation of capacity for domestic production, imports dropped off starting in the mid-sixties. By 1985, about 65 percent of consumption was supplied by domestic sources. The...

Ownership form has strong implications for firm performance and the nature of competition in a market. Whereas there are differences across ownership forms on high levels of aggregation, the most obvious effects of ownership become visible when samples of establishments are observed at a more...

While researchers in marketing have analyzed the functions of coupons in depth, they have largely ignored the determinants of their face values. This gap in the literature may be traced to data constraints. The objective of this study is to develop and test a model that explains the determinants...

Statistical testing of market structure-economic performance relationships began with an article by Joe Bain published in 1951. Estimating market structure-performance relationships usually requires some conduct assumptions prior to empirical testing. Consequently, one notable problem in...