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Buyer Power in International Markets
Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
This paper investigates the implications for international markets of the existence of retailers/wholesalers with market power. Two main results are shown. First, in the presence of buyer power trade liberalization may lead to retail market concentration. Due to this concentration retail prices...
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Imports, Pass-Through, and the Structure of Retail Markets
Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
large when market structure effects are taken into account, and that restrictions on retailing may have significant effects …
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Manufacturers and Retailers in the Global Economy
Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
We develop a general-equilibrium model to capture key features of the retailing and of the manufacturing industry in … shift in employment from manufacturing to retailing, the rise in retailer product assortment and the emergence of slotting … concentration is best explained by technological change in retailing. We also identify a novel benefit from market integration …
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