Recommended Citation
Postprint version. Published in The RAND Journal of Economics, Volume 40, Issue 1, Spring April 1, 2009, pages 120-143.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-2171.2008.00058.x.
Abstract
This article considers vertical restraints in a setting in which duopoly retailers each sell more than one manufactured good. Vertical restraints by a dominant manufacturer enable the firm to acquire horizontal control over a competitively supplied retail good. The equilibrium contracts produce symptoms that are consistent with a variety of observed retail practices, including slotting fees paid to retailers by competitive suppliers, loss leadership, and predatory accommodation with below-cost manufacturer pricing for the dominant brand(s). Applications are developed for supermarket retailing, where the manufacturer of a national brand seeks to control the retail pricing of a supermarket's private label, and for convenience stores, where a gasoline provider seeks to control the retail pricing of an in-store composite consumption good.
Disciplines
Economics
Copyright
2009, RAND.
Publisher statement
Published by Wiley-Blackwell.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/econ_fac/1