Vertical Coordination and Consumer Welfare: The Case of the Pork Industry

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英文名称：

Vertical Coordination and Consumer Welfare: The Case of the Pork Industry

作者：

Steve Martinez; Kelly Zering

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=79928

关键词：

agricultural economics;  vertical coordination;  vertical integration;  contracts;  transactions costs;  lean pork; 

年份：

1997

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

35 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

Net benefits to consumers are not a certainty, but the "industrialization" of the U.S. pork industry could lead to lower prices and larger supplies of higher quality pork products because of lower onfarm production costs, more efficient processing, and greater control over hog quality characteristics.