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Efficiency and coordination in the EU agri-food systems

Severini, Simone; Sorrentino, Alessandro - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 5 (2017) 15, pp. 1-5

, the distribution of the bargaining power along the value-chain and, at the end, the efficiency and economic performances …

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Do durum wheat producers benefit of vertical coordination?

Carillo, Felicetta; Caracciolo, Francesco; Cembalo, Luigi - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 5 (2017) 19, pp. 1-13

This study aims at assessing if benefits, based on the economic performance of farms operating in an agro-food supply chain, are generated by a vertical coordination. A panel data (2008–2011) of durum wheat producers was used, namely the Italian Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). Outcomes...

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Upstream horizontal mergers and efficiency gains

Milliou, Chrysovalantou; Pavlou, Apostolis - 2009

We study upstream horizontal mergers and their potential efficiency gains. We show that an upstream horizontal merger … can give rise to two efficiency-enhancing effects when firms trade through two-part tariffs. It increases R&D investments … efficiency gains can overcome its anti-competitive effects in terms of welfare, we show that when firms merge usually both of the …

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