Ater, Itai; Rigbi, Oren - Economics Department, Ben Gurion University of the Negev - 2012
We analyze price patterns at franchised and corporate-owned McDonald's outlets in 1999 and 2006 and find that prices at franchised outlets were higher than those at corporate outlets. The price difference between franchised and corporate outlets decreased between 1999 and 2006 but only for items...