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Free-on-board and uniform delivered pricing strategies in pure and mixed spatial duopolies: The strategic role of cooperatives

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  • Panagiotou, Dimitrios
  • Stavrakoudis, Athanassios

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The present work analyzes free-on-board against uniform delivered strategic prices in pure and mixed duopolistic spatial markets with reference to the food sector. Along with investor owned firms (IOFs) that maximize profits, we introduce member welfare maximizing cooperatives (COOPs) and examine their impact on the strategic pricing choices. Demand is price responsive. We use a two stage game between two IOFs, between an IOF and a COOP, and between two COOPs. The findings indicate that the introduction of COOPs acts as a disciplinary factor regarding the pricing behavior of the IOFs. As competition in the spatial market escalates, we move from the quasi–collusive (FOB,FOB) Nash equilibrium, where there are only IOFs in the market, to the more aggressive (UD,UD) strategic pricing configuration where COOPs replace one or both IOFs in the market.

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  • Panagiotou, Dimitrios & Stavrakoudis, Athanassios, 2018. "Free-on-board and uniform delivered pricing strategies in pure and mixed spatial duopolies: The strategic role of cooperatives," The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, Elsevier, vol. 18(C), pages 1-1.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:joecas:v:18:y:2018:i:c:12
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jeca.2018.e00109
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    1. Grashuis Jasper, 2020. "The Competitive Impact of Cooperatives on the Spot Market: A Spatial Analysis of Iowa Corn Prices," Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, De Gruyter, vol. 18(2), pages 1-11, November.
    2. Panagiotou, Dimitrios, 2021. "Asymmetric price responses of the US pork retail prices to farm and wholesale price shocks: A nonlinear ARDL approach," The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, Elsevier, vol. 23(C).
    3. Panagiotou, Dimitrios, 2019. "Pricing behavior in a mixed spatial duopsony with an agricultural cooperative under asymmetric information," Agricultural Economics Review, Greek Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 0(Issue 01).

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    JEL classification:

    • D40 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - General
    • Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness
    • L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games

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