Quantity discounts of all kinds — be it pure quantity discounts, bundled discounts, or market-share discounts — have raised considerable antitrust concerns. Unlike its U.S. counterpart, the European Commission (EC) has adopted a fairly tough stance on such business practices, to...

This study investigates when a cartel that uses a sales quota allocation scheme monitors more frequently than it enforces; for example, monitoring of sales is done on a weekly basis but firms are only required to comply with sales quotas on a quarterly basis. In a simple three-period quantity...

Recent laboratory experiments support the popular view that the introduction of corporate leniency programs has significantly decreased cartel activity. We develop a classroom experiment that captures key features of leniency programs. Our treatments include an exploitable and a non-exploitable...

The recent Competition Commission inquiry into supermarket retailing highlighted the existence of spatial monopolies in certain areas of the UK. This paper explores their extent and examines future retail expansion opportunities in light of the report's recommendations. Using a number of...

Service has traditionally been a forceful competitive tool in grocery retailing. Lately discount stores has proven to be a winning concept within North European grocery re-tailing and this has evoked a renewed interest in service quality and grocery retailing. The overall aim of this study is to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate empirically how information and communication technologies (ICT) can contribute to reduction of CO 2 emissions in road freight transport and to identify opportunities for further improvements. Design/methodology/approach – This research...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on research on the antecedents of word of mouth (WOM) behaviour among Iranian women in the context of grocery shopping. Design/methodology/approach Using a survey instrument, the authors empirically test the conceptual model of De Matos and Rossi....

We study the price effects of mergers in airline networks. Guided by a review of the existing theoretical and empirical literature, we develop two classifications of routes possibly affected by an airline merger. Subsequently, we apply a difference-in-differences approach to exemplarily...

Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs) have been implemented broadly around the world in the infrastructure sector — water and sanitation, transports, energy, telecommunications — and, more recently, in the provision of public services — education, health, prisons, water...

We investigate the equilibrium market structure on competing online auction sites such as those of eBay or Yahoo! Building on the model of Ellison et al. (2004), we take full account of the complexity of network effects on such platforms. We extend the model by looking at the implication of...