The Structure Performance Hypothesis and The Efficient Structure Performance Hypothesis-Revisited: The Case of Agribusiness Commodity and Food Products Truck Carriers in the South

Two competing hypotheses on market structure and performance of firms are the traditional structure-conduct-performance (SCP) paradigm and the efficiency structure hypothesis. This paper reveals the profits made by firms in the trucking industry were because of greater efficiencies than their competitors and not because of collusive activities.

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Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	Allen, Albert J. ; Shaik, Saleem ; Myles, Albert E. ; Muhammad, Safdar
Institutions:	Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA
Subject:	Public Economics

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	2005 Annual Meeting, February 5-9, 2005, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series 2005 Annual Meeting, February 5-9, 2005, Little Rock, Arkansas Number 35519
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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