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September 2018
Articles: 

Why do retailers advertise store brands differently across product categories?

We provide new evidence on retailers' pricing and advertising of store brands in the UK grocery markets.

Resale price maintenance in two-sided markets

We consider a model with two competing two-sided platforms that sell directly to one side of the market (the "direct side"), and indirectly through an agent to the other side (the "retail side").

Adverse Selection or Moral Hazard, An Empirical Study

Markets prone to asymmetric information employ reputation mechanisms to address adverse selection and moral hazard.

Number Effects and Tacit Collusion in Experimental Oligopolies

We systematically investigate the relationship between the number of firms in a market and tacit collusion by means of a meta-analysis of the literature on oligopoly experiments as well as two own exp

Gasoline Price Dispersion and Consumer Search: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

The vast majority of empirical studies examining the link between consumer search and price dispersion focus on how changes in consumer search impact price dispersion.

Should platforms be allowed to charge ad valorem fees?

Many platforms that facilitate transactions between buyers and sellers charge ad valorem fees in which fees depend on the transaction price set by sellers.