Managing Quantity, Quality, and Timing in Indian Cane Sugar Production : Ex Post Marketing Permits or Ex Ante Production Contracts?
Private sugar processors in Andhra Pradesh, India use an unusual form of vertical coordination. They issue ‘permits’ to selected cane growers a few weeks before harvest. These permits specify the amount of cane to be delivered during a narrow time period. This article investigates why processors cre...
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | en_US |
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27689 |