The international transfer pricing norm is the "arm"s length " standard where prices are set as if related parties were transacting as unrelated parties. The modem theory of the firm, however, argues that the types of transactions that take place within firms differ significantly from market...

This paper examines the factors affecting prices in the North America banana market. There are substantial price differences between brand name and "generic" companies, and among branded companies. Key questions are what causes these price differences, how are they related to the brand-names of...

This paper investigates why passengers pay substantially different fares for travel on the same airline between the same two airports. We investigate questions that are fundamentally different from those in the existing literature on airline price dispersion. We use a unique new dataset to test...

The purpose of this research is to explore the motivation of business group firmsto adopt pyramidal ownership structures. The traditional approach claims that pyramidsare useful in tunneling resources to other affiliates by transferring value to firms withhigh cash flow rights of controlling...

This dissertation investigates the effect of market concentration on nonlinearpricing strategies in the airline industry. The study develops a theoretical nonlinearpricing model with both discrete product and consumer types to derive testable implications about the impact of market concentration...

This paper investigates why passengers pay substantially different fares for travel on the same airline between the same two airports. We investigate questions that are fundamentally different from those in the existing literature on airline price dispersion. We use a unique new dataset to test...