The cost structure of pork slaughter and processing plants and firms has significant behavioral and competitive implications. A survey of selected large slaughter and processing firms probed into fixed and variable costs for single and double shift plants, and capacity utilization and multiplant effects on cost levels. Behavioral implications are considered.
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Paper provided by Iowa State University Department of Economics in its series Staff Papers with number
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Length: Date of creation: May 1997 Date of revision: Handle: RePEc:isu:isuesp:287
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