We investigate the effect of banning resale-below-cost offers. There are two retailers with heterogeneous bargaining positions in relation to a monopolistic manufacturer. Each retailer sells two goods: one procured from the monopolistic manufacturer and the other, from a competitive fringe. In...

A manufacturer contracting secretly with several downstream competitors faces an opportunism problem, preventing it from exerting its market power. In an infinitely repeated game, the opportunism problem can be relaxed. We show that the upstream firm's market power can be restored even further...

This paper investigates two coordination mechanisms in a simple distribution channel: 1) the manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) and 2) the minimum advertised price (MAP). With a MSRP, the retailer can engage in a price discount policy to maintain control of the selling price. With a...