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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Slotting Allowances and Retail Product Variety under Oligopoly
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| Autores: |
Innes, Robert
Hamilton, Stephen F.
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| Data: |
2010-04-27
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| Ano: |
2010
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| Palavras-chave: |
Slotting fees
Vertical contracts
Monopolization.
Agribusiness
Agricultural and Food Policy
Industrial Organization
Marketing
L13
L14
L42
D43
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| Resumo: |
Slotting fees are fixed charges paid by food manufacturers to retailers for access to the retail market. The role of the practice and its effects on market efficiency are highly controversial. To date, the literature has focused on the effect of the practice on retail prices; however, slotting allowances also have the potential to alter the range of products available to consumers. Our analysis reveals that the strategic use of slotting allowances by oligopoly firms leads to a superior allocation of product variety among retailers. Indeed, absent price effects, we show that slotting allowances lead to the socially optimal provision of product variety.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/60948
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| Relação: |
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association>2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado
Selected Paper
10350
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| Formato: |
12
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