MARKET POWER IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY: A NOTE
提出了一个分析英国食品加工与分销部门相互作用的框架，指出这两个部门结构集中度高、具有潜在市场力量，并讨论了官方调查对竞争影响的结论。
This note presents a framework for examining certain aspects of the interactions between the food processing and distribution sectors in the UK. Both these components of the food industry are characterised by a high and increasing degree of structural concentration such that they have potential market power, and their behavioural interdependence may have implications for economic performance. Indeed, in recognition of this, official enquiries (Monopolies and Mergers Commission (1981) and Office of Fair Trading (1985)) have been conducted into competition in the food retailing sector. Whilst these reports have suggested that increasing structural concentration in the food industry has not been detrimental to the performance goals of economy (price competition), efficiency (resource allocation) and progress (variety, quality, new products), they have stressed the desirability of the continued monitoring of competition.