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Regulation and UK Retailing Productivity: Evidence from Micro Data
Haskel, Jonathan; Sadun, Raffaella - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
with a lowering of chain TFP by about 0.4% pa, about 40% of the post-1995 slowdown in UK retail TFP growth. The foregone …
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Supermarkets and Planning Regulation
Griffith, Rachel; Harmgart, Heike - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
We are interested in evaluating the impact of restrictive planning regulation on entry into the UK grocery retail …
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Retail Chain Expansion: The Early Years of McDonalds in Great Britain
Toivanen, Otto; Waterson, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Understanding the development of chainstores is important given the large GDP share of services and the continuing importance of chains in bringing these services to market. Service chains provide a puzzle because they take a long time to develop even when there are obvious expansion...
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Vertical Control of a Distribution Network - An Empirical Analysis of Magazines
Ferrari, Stijn; Verboven, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
How does an upstream firm determine the size of its distribution network, and what is the role of vertical restraints? To address these questions we develop and estimate two models of outlet entry, starting from the basic trade-off between market expansion and fixed costs. In the coordinated...
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Price and Brand Competition between Differentiated Retailers: A Structural Econometric Model
Dubois, Pierre; Jodar Rosell, Sandra - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We develop a model of competition between retailer chains with a structural estimation of the demand and supply in the supermarket industry in France. In the model, supermarkets compete in price and brand offer over all food products to attract consumers, in particular through the share of...
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Endogenous Contracts Under Bargaining in Competing Vertical Chains
Milliou, Chrysovalantou; Petrakis, Emmanuel; Vettas, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
We investigate the endogenous determination of contracts in competing vertical chains where upstream and downstream firms bargain first over the type of contract and then over the contract terms. Upstream firms always opt for non-linear contracts, which specify the input quantity and its total...
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Inference on Vertical Contracts between Manufacturers and Retailers Allowing for Non Linear Pricing and Resale Price Maintenance
Bonnet, Céline; Dubois, Pierre - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
shift the marginal costs of production and distribution. This method is applied empirically to study the retail market …
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Two-Part Tariffs versus Linear Pricing Between Manufacturers and Retailers: Empirical Tests on Differentiated Products Markets
Bonnet, Céline; Dubois, Pierre; Simioni, Michel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
We present a methodology allowing to introduce manufacturers and retailers vertical contracting in their pricing strategies on a differentiated product market. We consider in particular two types of non linear pricing relationships, one where resale price maintenance is used with two part...
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Hypermarket Competition and the Diffusion of Retail Checkout Barcode Scanning
Beck, Jonathan; Grajek, Michal; Wey, Christian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
This paper presents a set of panel data to study the diffusion of retail checkout barcode scanning in ten European … seems to deepen retail segmentation by inducing potential adopters (e.g. supermarkets) to exit the market and/or by … discouraging adoption by other retail formats. Consistent with expectations, scale and income effects spur IT diffusion and there …
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A Dynamic Model of Price Discrimination and Inventory Management at the Fulton Fish Market
Graddy, Kathryn; Hall, George - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
We estimate a dynamic profit-maximization model of a fish wholesaler who can observe consumer characteristics, set individual prices, and thus engage in third-degree price discrimination. Simulated prices and quantities from the model exhibit the key features observed in a set of high quality...
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