Market Structure and Price-Cost Margins in European Retail Gasoline Industry

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of market structure and market conduct characteristics (such as market concentration, presence of networks operated by global corporations, presence of vertically integrated companies, presence of hypermarket gasoline stations and consumption level) on price-cost margin levels, based on an example of the European Union retail gasoline market.

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Marcin Nowakowski, Grzegorz Karasiewicz

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  • EP ID EP79958
  • DOI 10.7206/jmba.ce.2450-7814.178
  • Views 178
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Marcin Nowakowski, Grzegorz Karasiewicz (2016). Market Structure and Price-Cost Margins in European Retail Gasoline Industry. Journal of Management and Business Administration. Central Europe, 24(3), 105-124. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-79958