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

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Research Article
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , July 1979 , pp. 153 - 156
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1979

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