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Power Balance and Equilibrium Channel Structure in the Korean Gasoline Market

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  • Byong-Hun Ahn
  • Heon Jung

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This study analyzes how power balance in a vertical channel affects equilibrium channel structure and channel members' profits in an oligopolistic gasoline market. Using a game theoretic analysis, we study an equilibrium channel structure under different power balance scenarios. We show that refiners cannot increase their profits by strategic disintegration when their intermediaries retain more power than they do. We also investigate power balance issues in three-level, unintegrated channels. Finally, we apply our results to the gasoline market in Korea, and discuss policy implications.

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  • Byong-Hun Ahn & Heon Jung, 1994. "Power Balance and Equilibrium Channel Structure in the Korean Gasoline Market," The Energy Journal, International Association for Energy Economics, vol. 0(Number 1), pages 157-178.
    • Handle: RePEc:aen:journl:1994v15-01-a10
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    1. Shin, Changhoon, 2004. "Asymmetric competitive reactions: likelihood and their determinants in retail gasoline markets," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 57(8), pages 821-828, August.

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