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Windfall Profits, Oligopoly Pricing And The Methyl Bromide Phaseout

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  • Sargent, Keith
  • Kim, Jin

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Methyl Bromide in the United States is supplied by only four firms (two producers and two importers) who reap windfall profits from MB restrictions. Since 1992 we estimate that over $300 million in cumulative windfall profits have resulted from restrictions on Methyl Bromide and currently run between $65 to $80 million annually. We examine the factors that influenced this price rise, the changes in quota premiums and deadweight losses under trade and no-trade scenarios; and how methods to capture and redistribute windfall profits will alter efficiency and equity.

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  • Sargent, Keith & Kim, Jin, 2004. "Windfall Profits, Oligopoly Pricing And The Methyl Bromide Phaseout," 2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO 20259, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea04:20259
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.20259
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