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The Effects Of Market Concentration On Food Prices

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  • Lamm, R. McFall Jr.

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This paper explores the effects of market concentration on urban food prices utilizing different market structure measures. An econometric model of urban food price determination is developed and estimated using pooled cross section and time series data for 18 metropolitan areas in the U.S. Results indicate that food prices are higher in markets where concentration is greatest, confirming general oligopoly theory, but do not necessarily indicate the need for anticoncentration policy in urban food markets. This finding is highly conditional on the concentration measures used in the analysis, however.

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  • Lamm, R. McFall Jr., 1980. "The Effects Of Market Concentration On Food Prices," 1980 Annual Meeting, July 27-30, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 278983, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea80:278983
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.278983
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