Market Power in Direct Marketing of Fresh Produce: Community Supported Agriculture Farms

Daniel Lass (), Nathalie Lavoie () and Robert Fetter ()
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Daniel Lass: Department of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Nathalie Lavoie: Department of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Robert Fetter: Science Applications International Corporation

No 2005-2, Working Papers from University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Resource Economics

Abstract: CSA farms establish a loyal customer base and, potentially, market power. A new empirical industrial organization (NEIO) approach and survey data from Northeast CSA farms are used to determine whether CSA farms have market power and the extent to which they exercise their market power. Results suggest CSA farms exert about two percent of their potential monopoly power.

Keywords: Community Supported Agriculture; New Empirical Industrial Organization; Market Power; Fresh Produce; Organic Agriculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D42 L12 Q13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2005-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr, nep-cse, nep-mic and nep-mkt
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