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The Competitive Implications of Top‐of‐the‐Market and Related Contract‐Pricing Clauses

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  • Tian Xia
  • Richard J. Sexton

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This article examines the competitive implications of contract pricing arrangements, which link the contract price to the subsequent cash price. We focus on so‐called “top‐of‐the‐market pricing” (TOMP) in cattle procurement. The TOMP clause is shown to have anticompetitive consequences when the same buyers who purchase contract cattle with the TOMP clause also compete to procure cattle in the subsequent spot market. The TOMP clause reduces packers' incentives to compete aggressively in the spot market. Although TOMP pricing is not in producers' collective interest, rational sellers may nonetheless sign these contracts with little or no financial inducement.

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  • Tian Xia & Richard J. Sexton, 2004. "The Competitive Implications of Top‐of‐the‐Market and Related Contract‐Pricing Clauses," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 86(1), pages 124-138, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:ajagec:v:86:y:2004:i:1:p:124-138
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2004.tb18461.x
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