Weekly retail gasoline prices in Windsor, Ontario, from 1989 to 1994 appear to respond faster to wholesale price … increases than to decreases, but exhibit a cyclic pattern inconsistent with a common explanation of response asymmetry. I … reconcile these observations through a model of price cycles. Prices on the downward portion of the cycle appear insensitive to …

This paper studies the relationship between retail gasoline pricing strategies and potential demand. Utilising detailed … and price competition is studied, as are the changes in competition intensity across distances and road networks. The …

To increase competition in the retail market for gasoline, Germany's Federal Cartel Office established the so … fixed effect methods and a difference-in-difference approach, this study investigates the impact of the MTU on the price … margins of gas stations. We find that the MTU fostered a more intense competition, with a reduction in price margins of 1 …