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Production Responses and Price Determination in the Florida Watermelon Industry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

G. Bryan Wall
Affiliation:
University of Florida, Gainesville
Daniel S. Tilley
Affiliation:
University of Florida, Gainesville

Extract

This article presents a model of the Florida watermelon industry that quantifies aggregate entry and exit decisions and the effect of interregional competition on prices received by Florida growers. The model development is presented first and is followed by estimation of the model's parameters. Policy implications from the model are then developed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1979

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