Dynamic Assessment of Bertrand Oligopsony in the U.S. Cattle Procurement Market
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The new empirical industrial organization approach with the Bertrand model is employed to measure the oligopsony market power in the U.S. cattle procurement market. The assumption of price competition (Bertrand model) based on the nature of cattle production such as cattle cycle and seasonality is used and compared to quantity competition (Cournot model). The empirical results show that the oligopsony market power exists in the U.S. cattle procurement market. The cattle cycle and seasonality affect the oligopsony market power and the cattle cycle causes the change of market power. However, concentration has a negative effect on the oligopsony market power.Download Info
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Paper provided by Agricultural and Applied Economics Association in its series 2011 Annual Meeting, July 24-26, 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with number 103558.Length:
Date of creation: 26 Jul 2011
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Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea11:103558
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Keywords: cattle cycle; concentration; market power; NEIO; oligopsony; seasonality; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13; L13; L16;Find related papers by JEL classification:
- Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- L16 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics; Macroeconomic Industrial Structure
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- NEP-ALL-2011-05-24 (All new papers)
- NEP-BEC-2011-05-24 (Business Economics)
- NEP-COM-2011-05-24 (Industrial Competition)
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