Do we have effective competition between the gasoline's big five oligopolists (Aral, Shell, Esso, Total and Jet) and … fringe gasoline stations? Using 2014 Market Transparency price data from 66 cities with populations between 60,000 and 100 …. Multivariate estimations allows to control for gasoline type (regular or diesel), school holidays, weekends, weekdays, location …

Many empirical studies state that retail gasoline and diesel prices react more quickly when the crude oil price rises … gasoline and diesel reaction functions. The correspondent model is estimated with the system's generalised method of moments …. The model allows us to compute average one-gallon gasoline and diesel price biases from the increase in oil by one dollar …

This article analyzes the role of suggested prices in the Dutch retail market for gasoline. Suggested prices are … the existence of suggested prices: they may either help retailers translate changes in international gasoline spot market …

In 2011, price peaks in retail gasoline prices caused public outrage and attracted the attention of German regulatory … agencies. After having examined the market, competition authorities concluded that tacit collusion existed but could not easily … type of variable tax scheme successfully manages to render collusion an unprofitable business. In addition, it is also easy …

and that the inherent vice of the gasoline retail market, i.e., the transparency that enables tacit-and therefore non-prosecutable-collusion …In 2011, price peaks in retail gasoline prices caused public outrage and attracted the attention of German regulatory … agencies. After having examined the market, competition authorities concluded that tacit collusion existed but could not easily …

’s literature review. By developing more effective methods to screen for collusion, competition authorities will be more successful … in identifying collusion, which will lead to lower incentives for firms to collude. The aim of this thesis is to … contribute to the literature on how economists can detect collusion by looking at structural breaks in collusive behavioural …

Die starken Preissteigerungen für Benzin in den letzten 2 Jahren sind häufig auf mangelnden Wettbewerb zurückgeführt …