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An Empirical Test of the Free Rider and Market Power Hypotheses

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  • Mueller, Willard F
  • Geithman, Frederick E

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This analysis tests the free-rider hypothesis as it applies to the Sealy mattress licensing system, one of the oldest and most prominent examples of vertical and horizontal distribution restraints. The results reported here focus on the period following the elimination of Sealy's territorial restraints in 1980. Using alternative samples, units of measurement, and estimating techniques, the analyses yield consistent results supporting the market power hypothesis: the Sealy territorial restraints on distribution decreased output and increased prices. Copyright 1991 by MIT Press.

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  • Mueller, Willard F & Geithman, Frederick E, 1991. "An Empirical Test of the Free Rider and Market Power Hypotheses," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 73(2), pages 301-308, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:restat:v:73:y:1991:i:2:p:301-08
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    3. Reuer, Jeffrey J. & Ariño, Africa, 2002. "Contractual heterogeneity in strategic alliances," IESE Research Papers D/482, IESE Business School.
    4. Xiao, Ping & (Jack) Chen, Xinlei & Chen, Yuxin & Lu, Wei, 2021. "Violation behavior in vertical restraint: Empirical analyses in the case of retail price maintenance," International Journal of Research in Marketing, Elsevier, vol. 38(4), pages 953-973.
    5. Stephen Martin & John T. Scott, 2017. "GTE Sylvania and Interbrand Competition as the Primary Concern of Antitrust Law," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer;The Industrial Organization Society, vol. 51(2), pages 217-233, September.
    6. Reuer, Jeffrey J. & Arino, Africa & Mellewigt, Thomas, 2006. "Entrepreneurial alliances as contractual forms," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 21(3), pages 306-325, May.
    7. Reuer, Jeffrey J. & Ariño, Africa & Mellewight, Thomas, 2003. "Entrepreneurial alliances as contractual forms," IESE Research Papers D/527, IESE Business School.

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