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Market power, market outcomes, and remedies in the UK groceries market

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  • Peter Davis
  • Alan Reilly

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This article describes a number of the issues that played a central role in the UK Competition Commission's investigation into the UK Groceries Sector. We describe the questions at issue, the evidence collected to address those questions, and the conclusions drawn. We go on to describe the CC's remedies both vertically vis‐à‐vis the supply chain and horizontally vis‐à‐vis markets of high local concentration.

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  • Peter Davis & Alan Reilly, 2010. "Market power, market outcomes, and remedies in the UK groceries market," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 41(s1), pages 93-108, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:agecon:v:41:y:2010:i:s1:p:93-108
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2010.00492.x
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    1. Howard Smith & John Thanassoulis, 2008. "Bargaining Between Retailers and their Suppliers," Economics Series Working Papers 388, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
    2. Joskow, Paul L, 1987. "Contract Duration and Relationship-Specific Investments: Empirical Evidence from Coal Markets," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 77(1), pages 168-185, March.
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    2. David Burch & Geoffrey Lawrence & Libby Hattersley, 2013. "Watchdogs and ombudsmen: monitoring the abuse of supermarket power," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 30(2), pages 259-270, June.
    3. Di Marcantonio, F. & Ciaian, P. & Castellanos, V., 2018. "Unfair trading practices in the dairy farm sector: Insights from an EU field survey," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 275886, International Association of Agricultural Economists.

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