Game-based bargaining theory is presented to evaluate the potential of and stability of cooperative coalition among producers for enhancing producer returns and managing market price and income risk. Results clarify that collective bargaining can increase and stabilize producer profits when they face a single processor.Research Methods/ Statistical Methods,

Chin, Ming-Chin

Weaver, Robert D.

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FORWARD CONTRACTING SPECIFICATION THROUGH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

FORWARD CONTRACTING SPECIFICATION THROUGH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

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