Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol. 52 No. 4 1938
The Canadian Baking Industry: A Study of an Imperfect Market
Abstract
I. Leading features of the industry: concentration of output, 660; excess capacity, 663; selling costs, 665; price-agreement, 667; the small baker, 668; chain-store buying, 670.— II. The theory of pure competition inadequate to explain the industry's behavior, 672; the industry viewed as a case of monopolistic competition embracing both product differentiation and oligopoly, 675.
- DOI
- 10.2307/1885038
- Volume
- 52
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 659
- Sources
- openalex crossref