Beef packing has become an extremely concentrated industry, yet studies have found that little, if any market power exists. We propose and test alternative measures of behavior that may better describe how packers control purchases from feedlots, using confidential data collected by the USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
In this paper, we develop new, nonparametric methods of testing for static profit maximization given...
The exercise of market power across multiple geographic fed cattle markets is measured with an econo...
This paper examines the simultaneous impacts of horizontal concentration and vertical integration on...
Beef packing has become an extremely concentrated industry, yet studies have found that little, if a...
Concentration in the beef packing industry has been rising for the past 25 years. Many studies of m...
Consolidations in the U.S. beef packing industry have prompted concern within the government and int...
Concentration in beef packing has risen dramatically in the past 25 years. We develop measures used...
Market power in regional fed cattle markets is measured with an econometric model which links behavi...
Concentration levels in Canadian beef packing have increased dramatically over the last two decades,...
Using unique data from a pre-mandatory price-reporting period we empirically investigate the effects...
The aim of my dissertation is to investigate the competitiveness of the beef and pork industries in ...
The U.S. Departments of Justice and Agriculture have focused attention recently on rising levels of ...
The exercise of market power in multiple geographic fed cattle markets is measured with an econometr...
The influence of meatpacker conduct on daily cattle prices is examined in this study. Noncooperative...
This paper incorporates inventory dynamics into an analysis of market power. Using a model in which ...
In this paper, we develop new, nonparametric methods of testing for static profit maximization given...
The exercise of market power across multiple geographic fed cattle markets is measured with an econo...
This paper examines the simultaneous impacts of horizontal concentration and vertical integration on...
Beef packing has become an extremely concentrated industry, yet studies have found that little, if a...
Concentration in the beef packing industry has been rising for the past 25 years. Many studies of m...
Consolidations in the U.S. beef packing industry have prompted concern within the government and int...
Concentration in beef packing has risen dramatically in the past 25 years. We develop measures used...
Market power in regional fed cattle markets is measured with an econometric model which links behavi...
Concentration levels in Canadian beef packing have increased dramatically over the last two decades,...
Using unique data from a pre-mandatory price-reporting period we empirically investigate the effects...
The aim of my dissertation is to investigate the competitiveness of the beef and pork industries in ...
The U.S. Departments of Justice and Agriculture have focused attention recently on rising levels of ...
The exercise of market power in multiple geographic fed cattle markets is measured with an econometr...
The influence of meatpacker conduct on daily cattle prices is examined in this study. Noncooperative...
This paper incorporates inventory dynamics into an analysis of market power. Using a model in which ...
In this paper, we develop new, nonparametric methods of testing for static profit maximization given...
The exercise of market power across multiple geographic fed cattle markets is measured with an econo...
This paper examines the simultaneous impacts of horizontal concentration and vertical integration on...