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Monopsonistic Food Processing and Farm Prices: The Case of the West Alabama Catfish Industry

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  • Kinnucan, Henry
  • Sullivan, Gregory

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Increasing concentration in food processing has important economic implications for agricultural producers and consumers. This paper addresses the issue by focusing on a case where pure monopsony conditions appear to hold–catfish processing in West Alabama. Farm-level impacts of the market power imbalance are described via a six equation theoretical model. Results show price elasticity of farm supply governing the economic incentive to the processor for exploiting its market power: less (more) elastic supply implies greater (lesser) divergence between competitive and monopsony price. The theoretical model is operationalized using an indirect procedure recently suggested by Houck for estimating farm level supply elasticities. Based on these supply elasticities and historical prices, the model predicts a 12-35 percent potential reduction in prices received by West Alabama producers as a result of market power imbalance.

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  • Kinnucan, Henry & Sullivan, Gregory, 1986. "Monopsonistic Food Processing and Farm Prices: The Case of the West Alabama Catfish Industry," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 18(2), pages 15-24, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jagaec:v:18:y:1986:i:02:p:15-24_00
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    1. Kinnucan, Henry W., 1995. "Price Bargaining Without Supply Control," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 24(1), pages 119-127, April.
    2. Chen, Xuan & Scuderi, Ben, 2016. "Assessing the Market Integration of Domestic and Imported Catfish in the U.S," 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts 235550, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    3. Lumnije Thaçi, 2022. "Bank Loans Types and Economic Growth - Literature Review," European Journal of Economics and Business Studies Articles, Revistia Research and Publishing, vol. 8, ejes_v8_i.
    4. Kinnucan, Henry & Sindelar, Scott & Wineholt, David & Hatch, Upton, 1988. "Processor Demand and Price-Markup Functions for Catfish: A Disaggregated Analysis with Implications for the Off-Flavor Problem," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 20(2), pages 81-92, December.
    5. Buccola, Steven T., 1989. "Pricing Efficiency In Agricultural Markets: Issues, Methods, And Results," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 14(01), pages 1-11, July.
    6. Kim, C. S. & Schaible, Glenn, 1987. "Monopsonistic Food Processing and Farm Prices: Comment," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 19(2), pages 223-224, December.
    7. Kinnucan, Henry & Cacho, Oscar & Hanson, Gregory D., 1986. "Effects of Selected Tax Policies on Management and Growth of A Catfish Enterprise," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 18(2), pages 215-226, December.
    8. David Bouras & Troy Frank & Eric Burgess, 2017. "Functional Forms and Oligopolistic Models: An Empirical Analysis," International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Econjournals, vol. 7(4), pages 645-649.

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