An Empirical Analysis of Competition in Brand Differentiated Oligopoly |
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| Authors: | Gianni De Fraja Alessandra Staderini |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Economics , University of York , York YO1 5DD, Heslington, UK E-mail: email: gd4@york.ac.uk email: gd4@york.ac.uk;2. Banca d'ltalia. |
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| Abstract: | The paper studies the behaviour of four oligopolistic firms in the Italian coffee market. We study whether their behaviour is better represented by Bertrand behaviour or by collusive pricing. We also investigate the role of advertising in product differentiation. |
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