APPLICATION OF THE STRUCTURE-CONDUCT-PERFORMANCE PARADIGM IN STUDYING THE VANNAMEI SHRIMP MARKET IN THE MEKONG DELTA, VIETNAM

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The study employed the StructureConduct-Performance paradigm to analyze the vannamei shrimp market in the Mekong Delta.
Using descriptive statistics, the Gini coefficient, Lorenz curves and related methods, the research results show that the market concentration ratio was quite high and that the market had no monopoly tendency but tended to be competitive. For market performance, the gross profit of tier- 1 agents was more stable than tier-2 agents. However, in order to enhance the development
of the market, it is necessary to reduce the market concentration and move towards a perfectly competitive market.