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Competition and price stickiness: Evidence from the French retail gasoline market

Benoit, Sylvain; Lucotte, Yannick; Ringuedé, Sébastien (2018), Competition and price stickiness: Evidence from the French retail gasoline market. https://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/19853

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Document de travail / Working paper
Date
2018
Publisher
SSRN Working Paper Series
Series title
SSRN Working Paper Series
Pages
29
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Author(s)
Benoit, Sylvain
Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]
Lucotte, Yannick
Laboratoire d'Économie d'Orleans [UMR7322] [LEO]
Ringuedé, Sébastien
Abstract (EN)
Using daily price quotes from about 8,000 French gas stations, this paper empirically analyses whether the level of competition determines the degree of price stickiness on the retail gasoline market. The degree of price rigidity is measured by the frequency of price changes, while the distance to the nearest station and the number of gas stations within a given radius are considered as proxies for local competition. The results confirm that local competition is an important determinant of the price-setting behavior of gas stations. Indeed, considering Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and spatial regression models, we find that the degree of price rigidity is positively related to the distance to the nearest station, and negatively related to the concentration of firms in a given geographical area. This result can be notably explained by the fact that gas stations facing a high competitive pressure are more likely to adjust their prices more quickly and more frequently in response to crude oil price decreases than stations enjoying market power.
Subjects / Keywords
Retail gasoline pricing; Price-setting behavior; Price stickiness; Localcompetition
JEL
Q43 - Energy and the Macroeconomy
L81 - Retail and Wholesale Trade; e-Commerce
L11 - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
D40 - General

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