Agricultural markets mechanisms, failures, and regulations

This volume aims at covering the variety of issues lying at the intersection of the modern theory of Industrial Organization and of the more traditional Agricultural Economics. The book is divided into three main sections. Each of them includes contributions which are particularly relevant for a bet...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Martimort, David
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New York : Elsevier Science, c1996.
SeriesContributions to economic analysis ; v. 234.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN0444824812
9781849508544
ISSN0573-8555 ;
Physical Description1 online zdroj (xii, 483 p.) : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • Why do firms simultaneously purchase in spot and contract markets? Evidence from the United States steam coal market / Frank A. Wolak
  • Dynamic models of oligopoly in rice and coffee export markets / Jeffrey M. Perloff
  • New estimates of welfare and consumer losses in U.S. food manufacturing / Everett B. Peterson
  • Explaining the causal relationship between farm and retail prices / Thomas W. Hertel
  • Cartel quotas under majority rule / Stephen W. Salant
  • The transaction cost approach to agricultural contracts / Dean Lueck
  • Incorporating industrial organization into agricultural trade modelling / Ian M. Sheldon
  • GATT agricultural policy reform : a United States perspective / Gordon Rausser
  • Trade and storage / Ronald W. Anderson
  • Environmental policies and induced innovation : the case of agriculture / David G. Abler
  • Guilty until proven innocent : regulation with costly and limited enforcement / Joseph E. Swierzbinski
  • Divide and conquer price discrimination lin entry gaines with strategic buyers / Richard J. Sexton
  • Establishing vertical strategic alliances : case studies and heuristics / Helen McKay
  • Reflections on the economic organization of agriculture : traditional, modern and transitional / Marc Nerlove.