The effect of entry restrictions on price: evidence from the retail gasoline market
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Keywords
Gasoline retail market; Entry restrictions; Price competition; Public policy evaluation; Difference in difference;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L71 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction - - - Mining, Extraction, and Refining: Hydrocarbon Fuels
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
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