Market Power in the Northwest D'Anjou Pear Industry: Implications for California Agriculture
Butler, Leslie and Adam McCarthy
from ARE Update Vol. 11, No. 1, Sept/Oct, 2007
Abstract
This study used the winter pear industry to illustrate some of the impacts of retail consolidation involved in the continuing market transformation experienced by the fruit and vegetable industries in California. Buyer market power used by retailers appears to be modest, but has been growing over the last 20 years.
Keywords
D'Anjou Pear Industry, retail consolidation, market power
Citation
Butler, Leslie and Adam McCarthy. 2007. "Market Power in the Northwest D'Anjou Pear Industry: Implications for California Agriculture." ARE Update 11(1): 8-10. University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics.
https://giannini.ucop.edu/filer/file/1453327747/16757/