Spatial Competition in the Iowa Corn Market: Informing the Pricing Behavior of Corporate and Cooperative Grain Merchants

Spatial Competition in the Iowa Corn Market: Informing the Pricing Behavior of Corporate and Cooperative Grain Merchants

We study spatial competition in the agricultural input procurement sector by explaining variability in corn cash price offers from grain merchants in Iowa. While rail access, river access, size, and ethanol production exhibit the expected positive relationships to corn cash prices, the impact of own...

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Main Author: Jasper Grashuis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-02-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
spatial competition
agricultural cooperative
imperfect competition
firm behavior
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/4/1010

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