Browsing Discussion papers (FOR) by Author "Nguyen-Ones, Mai"
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Coordinate to obfuscate? The role of prior announcements of recommended prices
Foros, Øystein; Nguyen-Ones, Mai (Discussion paper;14/20, Working paper, 2020-11-18)Firms may want to coordinate industry-wide price jumps that are predictable for rivals, however, unpredictable for consumers. We show how such coordination is carried out in Norwegian gasoline retailing. Overnight, the ... -
Measuring Market Power in Gasoline Retailing: A Market- or Station Phenomenon?
Nguyen-Ones, Mai; Steen, Frode (Discussion paper;4/18, Working paper, 2018-04-19)Applying detailed consecutive daily micro data at the gasoline station level from Sweden we estimate a structural model to uncover the degree of competition in the gasoline retail market. We find that retailers do exercise ...