Market Structure, Institutions, and Performance in the Fluid Milk Industry

Alden C. Manchester

No 307490, Agricultural Economic Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: For 144 fluid milk markets throughout the country, the interrelationships of market structure, institutions, and performance in the postwar period are analyzed. Performance is measured in terms of marketing margins and innovativeness. The variables included explain about 40 percent of the variance In marketing margins and about 50 percent of the variance in innovativeness.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Industrial Organization; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46
Date: 1974-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.307490

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