We review the state of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and their impact
on agricultural development in develo** countries, documenting the rapid changes that …

The widespread growth of information and telecommunication technologies (ICTs) in rural
areas of develo** countries offers new opportunities to provide more timely and low‐cost …

This study discusses two widely used approaches in the New Empirical Industrial
Organization (NEIO) literature and examines the strengths and weaknesses of the …

This paper first measures the degree of Chinese airlines' market power by using Lerner
index, and then investigates its determinants. Our empirical results show that a certain …

In 2001, 106 million 60 kilo bags of coffee were consumed in the world, which corresponds
to approximately 636 billion cups of coffee. The majority of these were consumed in the …

Buyer market power can significantly reduce farm prices and incomes, making curtailment of
such power a key strategy to improve rural livelihoods in emerging economies. A “double …

This article considers competition between nationally advertised brands and quality-
equivalent privatelabel brands (a form of store, house or own-label branding). Philip Parker …

Smallholder farms continue to play a prominent role in many develo** countries. A
substantial debate has emerged regarding the future role of smallholder farms as a means …

In this article, the degree of imperfect competition in the world market for soymeal exports is
estimated using a structural econometric model. The procedure consists of estimating a …

Many studies have been carried out that measure welfare effects of the newly adoped
common policy on banana imports by the European Union. All these studies assume that …