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Liberalization of Opening Hours with Free Entry

Wenzel, Tobias - 2007

This paper studies competition in prices and opening hours in a model with free entry. It is shown that under free competition a market failure arises: Entry is excessive and opening hours are under-provided. Restrictions on opening hours aggravate this failure. I analyze the impact of a...

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Imports, pass-through, and the structure of retail markets

Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas - 2009

large when market structure effects are taken into account, and that restrictions on retailing may have significant effects …

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Buyer power in international markets

Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas - 2009

This paper investigates the implications for international markets of the existence of retailers/wholesalers with market power. Two main results are shown. First, in the presence of buyer power trade liberalization may lead to retail market concentration. Due to this concentration retail prices...

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Complementarities, below-cost pricing, and welfare losses

von Schlippenbach, Vanessa - 2008

We analyze below-cost pricing in retail markets and examine its impact on social welfare as well as on suppliers' incentives to invest in quality. Considering negotiations about a linear wholesale price between the retailer and her suppliers, we find that below-cost pricing aggravates the double...

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Upfront payments and listing decisions

Baake, Pio; von Schlippenbach, Vanessa - 2008

We analyze the listing decisions of a retailer who may ask her suppliers to make upfront payments in order to be listed. We consider a sequential game with upfront payments being negotiated before short-term delivery contracts. We show that the retailer is more likely to use upfront payments the...

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Imports, pass-through, and the structure of retail markets

Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas - 2009

large when market structure effects are taken into account, and that restrictions on retailing may have significant effects …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276624

Manufacturers and retailers in the global economy

Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas - 2011

We develop a general-equilibrium model to capture key features of the retailing and of the manufacturing industry in … shift in employment from manufacturing to retailing, the rise in retailer product assortment and the emergence of slotting … concentration is best explained by technological change in retailing. We also identify a novel benefit from market integration …

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Manufacturers and retailers in the global economy

Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas - 2011

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Bargaining, mergers, and technology choice in bilaterally oligopolistic industries

Inderst, Roman; Wey, Christian - 2001

This paper provides a conceptual framework of multilateral bargaining in a bilaterally oligopolistic industry to analyze the motivations for horizontal mergers, technology choice, and their welfare implications. We first analyze the implication of market structure for the distribution of...

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Managing the Attractiveness of Evolved and Created Retail Agglomerations Formats

Teller, Christoph; Elms, Jonathan R. - 2010

Purpose: This paper identifies those attributes of created and evolved retail agglomeration formats that have a substantial impact on overall attractiveness from the consumers’ point of view. From an agglomeration management perspective primary areas of concern are identified and suggestions...

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