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 ...