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Are Manufacturers Competing through or with Supermarkets? A Theoretical Investigation

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  • Laussel Didier G

    (Université de la Méditerranée)

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We study a model with product differentiation by manufacturers and spatial differentiation by supermarkets where the customers visit only one shop and the supermarkets carry both goods. Under fixed fee pricing by the manufacturers the intensity of interbrand competition increases with the degree of differentiation between the supermarkets. When the supermarkets are more and more spatially differentiated the struggle between manufacturers and supermarkets dominates the competition between the manufacturers and results in lower wholesale prices and manufacturers profits.

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  • Laussel Didier G, 2006. "Are Manufacturers Competing through or with Supermarkets? A Theoretical Investigation," The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 6(1), pages 1-20, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bejtec:v:contributions.6:y:2006:i:1:n:10
    DOI: 10.2202/1534-5971.1317
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    Cited by:

    1. Vettas, Nikolaos & Kourandi, Frago, 2010. "Endogenous Spatial Differentiation with Vertical Contracting," CEPR Discussion Papers 7948, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    2. Brandão, António & Correia-da-Silva, João & Pinho, Joana, 2014. "Spatial competition between shopping centers," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 234-250.
    3. Lahmandi-Ayed, Rim, 2010. "Spatial differentiation, divisible consumption and the pro-competitive effect of income," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 46(1), pages 71-85, January.

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