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标题：Grain marketing and National Competition Policy: reform or reaction?
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作者：Watson, Alistair S.
期刊名称：Journal of Food Distribution Research
印刷版ISSN：0047-245X
出版年度：1999
页码：429-455
出版社：Food Distribution Research Society
摘要：Grain marketing arrangements in Australia have been controversial for many years. Following an account of the historical background to grain marketing, this article concentrates on more recent debates. The most interesting technical economic argument concerns the validity of claims that statutory marketing authorities with export monopoly powers can obtain higher prices. The article also discusses how marketing in Australia has been affected by Commonwealth and State Government policies with respect to microeconomic reform and privatization. Although major changes appear to have been made in grain marketing and its institutions, there are inherent economic problems with the current approach to deregulation.