Barriers to Retail Competition and Prices : Evidence From Spain /
Why do prices in Spain's regions fail to converge? The prime suspects for this puzzling result are differences in regional barriers to entry in retail distribution. This paper develops a Cournot-Nash model of imperfect competition to illustrate the effect of barriers on prices. A unique data se...
| Main Author: | Hoffmaister, Willy |
|---|---|
| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2006.
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| Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2006/231 |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |
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