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Competition, regulation, and pricing behavior in the Spanish retail gasoline market
(2006)
The restructuring of the Spanish oil industry produced a highly concentrated oligopoly in the retail gasoline market. In June 1990 the Spanish government introduced a system of ceiling price regulation in order to ensure ...
Computing abuse related damages in the case of new entry: An illustration for the Directory Enquiry Services market
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2006-07)
A number of European countries, among which the UK and Spain, have opened up their Directory Enquiry Services (DQs, or 118AB) market to competition. We analyse the Spanish case, where both local and foreign firms challenged ...
Non-Stationary Demand in a Durable Goods Monopoly
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2006-01)
In a context where demand for the services of a durable good changes over time, and this change may be uncertain, the paper shows that social welfare may be higher when the monopolist seller can commit to any future price ...