Market Power in Direct Marketing of Fresh Produce: Community Supported Agriculture Farms

Authors

Daniel A. Lass, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Nathalie Lavoie, University of Massachusetts Amherst
T. Robert Fetter

Working Paper Number

2005-2

Publication Date

2005

Comments

Working Paper 2005-2

Abstract

CSA farms establish a loyal customer base and, potentially, market power. A new empirical industrial organization (NEIO) approach and survey data from Northeast CSA farms are used to determine whether CSA farms have market power and the extent to which they exercise their market power. Results suggest CSA farms exert about two percent of their potential monopoly power.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7275/1290203