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Measuring Market Power And Cost-Efficiency Effects Of Industrial Concentration, Azzeddine Azzam Dec 1996

Measuring Market Power And Cost-Efficiency Effects Of Industrial Concentration, Azzeddine Azzam

Azzeddine Azzam

In this paper, the author shows how E. Appelbaum's framework for testing price-taking behavior in a single industry can be formally extended to consider concentration explicitly. In so doing, he separates the market power effect of concentration from its cost-efficiency effect. Data from the U.S. beef-packing industry are used to illustrate an empirical application of the model. The findings support oligopsonistic market power and slaughter-cost efficiency in the industry. However, the cost-efficiency effect outweighs the market-power effect.


Coursebook For Economics, A. Studenmund Dec 1996

Coursebook For Economics, A. Studenmund

A. H. Studenmund

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Welfare Reform On The Afdc Caseload, Diane Schanzenbach, Phillip Levine Dec 1996

The Impact Of Welfare Reform On The Afdc Caseload, Diane Schanzenbach, Phillip Levine

Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

No abstract provided.


Economics: Private And Public Choice, A. Studenmund, James Gwartney, Richard Stroup Dec 1996

Economics: Private And Public Choice, A. Studenmund, James Gwartney, Richard Stroup

A. H. Studenmund

No abstract provided.