Homework 8

Economics 354

Industrial Organization

Due April 6, 2001

Note: All homeworks are due at the beginning of class.

Visit the Federal Reserve web page and download an article there on concentration in the food industry.

http://www.minneapolisfed.org/pubs/fedgaz/00-01/food.html

Please read it, as well as the three articles listed in the syllabus, one of which can also be found on-line at:

http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/agoutlook/aug2000/ao273g.pdf

The third and fourth articles are in your reading packet.

Discuss, in 2-3 typed paragraphs, what issues are raised in these three articles which are relevant to our class. Do the articles differ in their point of view?