Market Structure and Differential Pricing of Agricultural Production Outsourcing Services:Based on the Investigation of Service Charges of Large-scale Farmers and Small-scale Farmers
"The Law of one price"emphasizes that homogeneous goods have the same price,but in the agricultural production outsourcing service market,there is a phenomenon that outsourc-ing service suppliers set same service price for farmers of different scales in the same area,which deviates from the"the Law of one price".This paper explains this from the perspective of market structures,and further analyzes the formation mechanism of these market structures.The research shows that:(1)when the proportion of small-scale farmers in the market demand structure is higher,the market supply is insufficient or there are too few foreign service suppliers,it is easy for suppliers to deviate from the"one price"equilibrium.(2)This phenomenon is more likely to occur in areas with less cultivated land per capita,higher degree of labor transfer or poor capital endowment.The application field of"the Law of one price"is expanded,and the applicable condi-tions of"the Law of one price"in explaining the price formation of agricultural production out-sourcing service market are emphasized,the paper also has important policy implications for pro-moting the development of outsourcing service market and land scaled development.
Production outsourcing serviceDifferential pricingMarket structuresFactor en-dowmentThe law of one price