Agricultural marketing and distribution are broad areas that cover a wide assortment of pricing and market structure issues for agricultural commodities and processed food products. A synthesizing framework is developed in order to discuss the relevant Handbook chapters and an assortment of...

Countries such as Canada, which manage domestic supply by regulating both production and imports, have come under pressure in recent years to liberalize their trade policy. This paper examines the effect of import concessions on the distribution of rents in supply-managed industries. Although...

Agricultural marketing and distribution are broad areas that cover a wide assortment of pricing and market structure issues for agricultural commodities and processed food products. A synthesizing framework is developed in order to discuss the relevant Handbook chapters and an assortment of...

1. Introduction -- 2. Prices over space -- 3. Prices over time (storage) -- 4. Prices over time (commodity futures) -- 5. Prices over form (quality) -- 6. Prices linkages across commodity markets -- 7. Marketing margins in vertical supply chains -- 8. Auctions and competitive bidding -- 9....

Bilateral exchange and asset specific investments are becoming increasingly common as agricultural markets continue to industrialize and become vertical coordinated. The extent that well-designed contracts can prevent investment “holdup” in bilateral exchange situations has been examined...