Entry deterring effects of contractual relations in the dairy processing sector

The European Commission has launched the so-called “milk package” in October 2012 that allows Member States to require compulsory written contracts between milk producers and investor-owned processors. We argue that compulsory contracts have anticompetitive effects when they are exclusive in the sen...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yvonne Zavelberg, Thomas Heckelei, Christine Wieck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2016-04-01
Series:Bio-based and Applied Economics
Subjects:
Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/bae/article/view/3287