countries like China and India are bringing global crude and petrol prices to historic levels. New Asian refineries are … having import supply terminals to tap into this new international sources of refined oil. In the retail market, a number of … consumers of petrol prices. Supermarkets' use of shopper dockets that tie petrol and grocery purchases have also been …

Using a natural experiment from a retail gasoline antitrust case, we study how asymmetric information sharing affects …

This paper develops direct tests for search behavior in retail gasoline markets. We exploit a unique market …-level dataset that allows us to directly measure search intensity with daily web traffic data from a gasoline price reporting …

market power. Using novel data from urban and rural gasoline markets, I document new evidence on this relationship by …In many markets, prices adjust quickly when costs rise, yet adjust sluggishly when costs fall. Such asymmetric pricing … has received particular attention in retail gasoline where, worryingly, larger asymmetry has been related to greater …

universe of station-level prices for an urban market for 15 years, and that encompasses a coordinated equilibrium transition … experiments to create focal points that coordinate market prices, soften price competition, and enhance retail margins. Our …This paper studies equilibrium selection in the retail gasoline industry. We exploit a unique dataset that contains the …