Rivalry in the Vancouver retail gasoline market is modeled as a repeated game. Service-
station demand, cost, and reaction functions are estimated from daily data on individual …

This paper uses a unique data set to determine which dynamic model of tacit collusion best
describes behaviour in a particular industry. The area investigated is a region of the …

Since the late 1990's, West Coast cities have consistently experienced substantially higher
retail gasoline prices than other regions of the country. For example, for the first week of …

This paper tests for price patterns in retail gasoline markets consistent with those predicted
by models of implicit collusion among firms. Recent supergame models show that the …

THIS paper contains estimates of the determinants of the level of retail gasoline prices in 22
cities for the years 1964-1971. Preceding the supply dislocations caused by the Arab oil …

The purpose of this paper is to examine the price uniformity prediction of the competitive
market model of retail gasoline pricing using station specific data on gasoline prices from …

In this paper, we examine price movements over time around the collapse of a bid-rigging
conspiracy. While the mean decreased by 16%, the standard deviation increased by over …

A dynamic model of product rivalry is developed for a market in which firms choose price
and advertising intensity. The model, a state‐space game, is implemented using data that …

This paper is a panel data study on the behavior of prices and margins of oligopolies
involved in repeated games. We examine the predictions of Green and Porter [1984] and …

In a paper in the March 2004 AER, Justine Hastings concludes that the acquisition of an
independent gasoline retailer, Thrifty, by a vertically integrated firm, ARCO, is associated …