IS PRICING ABOVE MARGINAL COST AN INDICATION OF MARKET POWER IN THE U.S. MEATPACKING INDUSTRY?
Panagiotou, Dimitrios
2005

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There have been concerns about the increasing concentration in the meat packing industry. But this increased concentration may be due to various types of cost economies. In this paper we prove the existence of scale economies that might justify the increased consolidation in the industry.

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Title IS PRICING ABOVE MARGINAL COST AN INDICATION OF MARKET POWER IN THE U.S. MEATPACKING INDUSTRY?
Author(s) Panagiotou, Dimitrios
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Issue Date 2005
Publication Type Conference Paper/ Presentation
DOI and Other Identifiers 10.22004/ag.econ.19218
Record Identifier https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/19218
PURL Identifier http://purl.umn.edu/19218
Language English
Total Pages 22
Series Statement Selected Paper 137155
Record Appears in Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) > Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Conferences > 2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI

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