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Market Power and/or Efficiency: An Application to U.S. Food Processing
Lopez, Rigoberto A.; Azzam, Azzeddine M.; Liron-Espana, … - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2001
This article separates oligopoly-power and cost-efficiency effects of changes in industrial concentration and assesses … induces cost efficiency in one-third of the industries, oligopoly-power effects either dominate cost efficiency or reinforce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010635633
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Imperfect Competition and Total Factor Productivity Growth in U.S. Food Processing
Azzam, Azzeddine M.; Lopez, Elena; Lopez, Rigoberto A. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2002
This article examines the role of imperfect competition in determining total factor productivity growth (TFPG) by bringing together a New Empirical Industrial Organization (NEIO) model and the TFPG model of Nadiri and Mamuneas (1998). Applying the integrated model to 1973-92 data from 29 food...
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