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Intensification and specialisation of French farms: an application of the theory of contestable markets
[Intensification et spécialisation des exploitations agricoles: apports et limites de la théorie des marchés contestables]

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  • Pierre Dupraz

    (ESR - Unité de recherche d'Économie et Sociologie Rurales - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique)

Abstract

The contestable markets theory provides instrumental means ta study the dramatic increase in farm specialisation and concentration which took place over the last decades. With respect to multiproduct technologies, this approach leads to an endogenous detennination of the structure of the farm sector. The concept of specialisation economies is proposed in arder to emphasise linkages between the change in inputs prices and the competitiveness of specialised farms. The major role of the labour input price in explaining the specialisation trend of French fanns is underlined in the empirical part of our paper. This result explains why specialisation and other input intensification are linked.

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  • Pierre Dupraz, 1998. "Intensification and specialisation of French farms: an application of the theory of contestable markets [Intensification et spécialisation des exploitations agricoles: apports et limites de la théo," Post-Print hal-02694244, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02694244
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