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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Gasoline markets"”.
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Edgeworth price cycles in retail gasoline markets
… behavior of firms in Canadian retail gasoline markets. In the first essay, I examine behavior at the market level for 19 Canadian cities over 574 weeks. I find three distinct pricing patterns: 1. standard cost-based pricing, 2. sticky pricing, and 3. steep, asymmetric retail price …
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Application Of The Competitive Storage Model To Us Corn Ethanol Policy
… negative effects of biofuels on crop and food markets in terms of increasing price levels and volatility. Corn ethanol policy in the United States has created new price linkages between the corn, ethanol, and gasoline markets. Grain storage has the ability to mitigate price volatility. Thus, a …
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Essays on gasoline price spikes, environmental regulation of gasoline content, and incentives for refinery operation
Since 1999, regional retail and wholesale gasoline markets in the United States have experienced significant price volatility, both intertemporally and across geographic markets. In particular, gasoline prices in California, Illinois and Wisconsin have spiked occasionally well above gasoline prices …
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Comparative Study between the US and the Colombian Market regarding Commercialization of Gasoline at the Retail Market
… this study is to compare the U.S. and Colombian gasoline retail market and propose marketing strategies to increase revenue by boosting sales volume and offering excellent service, based on the new Colombian market conditions. This is an appeal to conduct similar studies in Latin America due to …
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Essays on empirical industrial organization
… umbrella of studying the behavior of firms and markets through the use of empirical techniques and data-based approaches. The first chapter, written in collaboration with Carlos Hurtado, investigates the pricing strategies of gas stations in the United States. Retail gasoline markets feature …
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Essays on urban economics and public finance
… 1, I use unique data on locations and prices of gasoline retailers in the United States to estimate the effect of discontinuities on gasoline taxes on business location decisions and tax incidence. The econometric analysis shows that the expected number of gasoline stations on the low-tax side of …
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Four Essays on Applied Energy Economics and Policy
… sector. The second part (chapter 3 and 4) is on gasoline retail markets. The first chapter explores welfare implications of capacity markets in the electricity sector. We propose a theoretical model with cost heterogeneous firms, for which price and quantity equilibria are obtained both with and …