This study uses time series data on supermarket location to test locational implications of a theory of market preemption. The primary implication tested is that an established firm has an incentive to construct new plants in a market such that they are only bounded by other plants that it owns....

Retail gasoline markets have been found to exhibit either price volatility and price dispersion or price rigidity and uniformity across large metropolitan areas. The purpose of this paper is to identify a theoretical explanation for these patterns of pricing behavior, and to look for evidence...

In February 1997, the Canadian National Forum on Health presented its recommendations for a pharmaceutical policy for Canada. These recommendations include moving towards a universal coverage, publicly funded drug plan; support for reference-based pricing as a method of containing drug plan...

In this paper, it is suggested that three major factors have contributed to the City of Edmonton's decision to extend its light rail transit (LRT) system: the Province of Alberta's use of specific non-matching grants and specific close-ended matching transportation grants, population growth...