selling through a common retailer, we find - in contrast to the conventional understanding of tacit collusion that firms act … appropriate from the retailer. Comparing common distribution with independent (exclusive) distribution, we show that the latter … facilitates collusion. Despite this result, common retailing leads to lower welfare because a common retailer monopolizes the …

environmental benefit is the most significant in this case. Moreover, using 3D printing in-store will require a new supplier-retailer … relationship. We find that cost-sharing contracts can coordinate the supply chains where 3D printing is used in-store and the … supplier controls the raw material inventory …

The optimal duration of a supply contract balances the costs of re-selecting a supplier against the costs of being … matched to an inefficient supplier when the contract lasts too long. I develop a structural model of contract duration that … using federal supply contracts for a standardized product, where suppliers are selected by procurement auctions. The …

product from a monopoly supplier. We examine how contract type influences the relationship between the dominant retailer …'s bargaining power and the equilibrium retail price. If the contracts between the supplier and fringe retailers are contingent on … the bargaining outcome between the supplier and the dominant retailer, the bargaining power does not affect the retail …