There is a widespread belief that the introduction of forward contracts bene ts rms if they compete in prices and harms them if they compete in quantities. The aim of this paper is analyze if this idea still holds in a vertical industry and, in order to do so, we build a model where forward contracts are introduced in a vertical industry where a manufacturer sells an input to two price setting retailers. We assume that rstly the input price is decided through bargaining. Then, the retailers decide on the amount of forward contracts they want to engage in and, nally, they set their prices (or quantities) in the spot market and the contracts are realized. We show that, under certain conditions, introducing a round of forward contra...
The goal of this paper is to analyze vertical contracts between manufacturers and retailers in a cha...
We study competing vertical chains where upstream and downstream firms bargain over their form and t...
We consider a vertically related market where one quantity setting and another price setting downstr...
The paper analyzes the competitive e¤ects of vertical contracts in a situation where competition exi...
This paper reverses the standard order between input supply negotiations and downstream competition ...
This dissertation deals with the contract choice of upstream suppliers as well as the consequences o...
Διπλωματική εργασία--Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2011.We study the role of the retailing c...
This paper reverses the standard order between input supply negotiations and downstream competition ...
We examine, in a vertical industry, the strategic role of horizontal subcontracting through option c...
Much of the analysis of industrial organization implicitly assumes that firms sell directly to final...
later version forthcoming/published in the AER. Resale price maintenance (RPM), slotting fees, loyal...
Faced with intense competition, it is increasingly vital the need to establish competitive advantage...
When downstream firms collude, upstream firms' profits are often reduced. Yet upstream firms current...
A manufacturer who offers secret contracts faces an opportunism problem: She undercuts her own input...
In an industry characterized by secret vertical contracts, we consider a benchmark case where two ve...
The goal of this paper is to analyze vertical contracts between manufacturers and retailers in a cha...
We study competing vertical chains where upstream and downstream firms bargain over their form and t...
We consider a vertically related market where one quantity setting and another price setting downstr...
The paper analyzes the competitive e¤ects of vertical contracts in a situation where competition exi...
This paper reverses the standard order between input supply negotiations and downstream competition ...
This dissertation deals with the contract choice of upstream suppliers as well as the consequences o...
Διπλωματική εργασία--Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2011.We study the role of the retailing c...
This paper reverses the standard order between input supply negotiations and downstream competition ...
We examine, in a vertical industry, the strategic role of horizontal subcontracting through option c...
Much of the analysis of industrial organization implicitly assumes that firms sell directly to final...
later version forthcoming/published in the AER. Resale price maintenance (RPM), slotting fees, loyal...
Faced with intense competition, it is increasingly vital the need to establish competitive advantage...
When downstream firms collude, upstream firms' profits are often reduced. Yet upstream firms current...
A manufacturer who offers secret contracts faces an opportunism problem: She undercuts her own input...
In an industry characterized by secret vertical contracts, we consider a benchmark case where two ve...
The goal of this paper is to analyze vertical contracts between manufacturers and retailers in a cha...
We study competing vertical chains where upstream and downstream firms bargain over their form and t...
We consider a vertically related market where one quantity setting and another price setting downstr...