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Do U.S. marketing orders have much market power? An examination of the Almond Board of California

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  • John M. Crespi

    (Department of Agricultural Economics, 342 Waters Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-4011. E-mail: jcrespi@agecon.ksu.edu)

  • Adriana Chacón-Cascante

    (Department of Agricultural Economics, 342 Waters Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-4011.)

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This review tests the conventional wisdom that U.S. marketing orders act as profit-maximizing cartels. It analyzes the marketing order for U.S. almonds in both the domestic and export markets. Such a case study is relevant to all U.S. marketing orders because the size and scope of the U.S. almond industry and the authority granted to a board of producers by the almond marketing order would seem to be conducive to profit-maximizing cartel behavior. Nevertheless, the authors find that the market power exerted by the Almond Board of California is significantly less than would be expected from a profit-maximizing cartel. [EconLit citations: L120, L430]. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Agribusiness 20: 1-15, 2004.

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  • John M. Crespi & Adriana Chacón-Cascante, 2004. "Do U.S. marketing orders have much market power? An examination of the Almond Board of California," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 20(1), pages 1-15.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:agribz:v:20:y:2004:i:1:p:1-15
    DOI: 10.1002/agr.10081
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