Industrial Organization

See also the Investment heading. Some themes here are:

Product Development, Performance and System Dynamics.

  • Hennessy, D.A., J.A. Miranowski, and B.A. Babcock. “Genetic Information in Agricultural Productivity and Product Development.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 86(February, 2004):73-87. Link
  • Hennessy, D.A. “Region Marginalization in Agriculture, Seasonality, Dedicated Capital, and Product Development with Reference to North Europe Dairy Sector.” Annals of Regional Science, 41(June, 2007):467-486. Link
  • Hennessy, D.A., J. Zhang, and N. Bai. “Structure of Protein Production, Animal Health Inputs, Endogenous Risk, Public Infrastructure and Technology Adoption.” Forthcoming at Food Policy. Link

Agricultural Contracts and Exit.

  • Hennessy, D.A., and J.D. Lawrence. “Contractual Relations, Control, and Quality in the Hog Sector.” Review of Agricultural Economics, 21(Spring/Summer, 1999):52-67. Link
  • Dong, F., D.A. Hennessy, and H.H. Jensen. “Contract and Exit Decisions in Finisher Hog Production.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 93(April, 2010):667-684. Link
  • Dong, F., D.A. Hennessy, H.H. Jensen, and R.J. Volpe. “Technical Efficiency, Herd Size, and Exit Intentions in U.S. Dairy Farms.” Agricultural Economics, 47(5, 2016):533-545. Link

Commitment and System Performance.

  • Hennessy, D.A., J. Roosen, and J. A. Miranowski. “Leadership and the Provision of Safe Food.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 83(November, 2001):862-874. Link
  • Hennessy, D.A. “Property Rights, Productivity, and the Nature of Noncontractible Actions in a Franchise.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 52(December, 2003):443-668. Link

Heterogeneities and Symmetries in Oligopoly.

  • Hennessy, D.A., and J. Roosen. “Stochastic Pollution, Permits, and Merger Incentives.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 37(May, 1999):211-232. Link
  • Lapan, H. E., and D.A. Hennessy. “A Note on Cost Arrangement and Market Performance in a Multi-Product Cournot Oligopoly.” International Journal of Industrial Organization, 24(May, 2006):583-591. Link
  • Hennessy, D.A., and H.E. Lapan. “When Different Market Concentration Indices Agree.” Economics Letters, 95(May, 2007):234-240. Link
  • Lapan, H.E., and D.A. Hennessy. “Statistical Moments Analysis of Production and Welfare in Multi-Product Cournot Oligopoly.” International Journal of Industrial Organization, 26(March, 2008):598-606. Link

Horizontal Merger.

  • Hennessy, D.A. “Cournot Oligopoly Conditions under which any Horizontal Merger is Profitable.” Review of Industrial Organization, 17(November, 2000):277-284. Link

Food Systems & Industrial Organization

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