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The Structural Stability of the Concentration-Performance Relationship in Food Manufacturing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Stephen E. Miller
Stephen E. Miller*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Clemson University
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The literature of industrial organization is replete with analyses of the relationship between seller concentration and market performance. Most researchers have hypothesized a continuous linear relationship between profitability and concentration and have estimated that relationship accordingly.

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Research Article
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , December 1982 , pp. 43 - 49
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1982

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