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标题：Identifying and Measuring the Effect of Firm Clusters Among Certified Organic Processors and Handlers
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作者：Jaenicke, Edward C. ; Goetz, Stephan J. ; Wu, Ping-Chao 等
期刊名称：Journal of Food Distribution Research
印刷版ISSN：0047-245X
出版年度：2009
卷号：40
期号：4
出版社：Food Distribution Research Society
摘要：This paper investigates the certified organic handler sector, a specialized component of the middle part of the farm-to-table marketing chain, and documents the impacts of firm agglomeration (or firm clusters) on firm-level performance or firm-level decisions. After accounting for endogeneity in firm clustering, our findings confirm that firm clusters have significant impacts, though the estimate of the impact depends on how a firm cluster is defined. For example, significant impacts on sales per employee range from an additional $0.17 million to $1.47 million, depending on whether a small or large number of firms is used as the minimum number to define a firm cluster.
关键词：firm clusters;organic;treatment effects