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Does the Service Argument Justify Resale Price Maintenance?

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  • Norbert Schulz

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The paper analyzes the welfare effects of resale price maintenance (RPM) when the level of service of one retailer generates negative rather than positive spillovers for other retailers. A simple linear demand system is used and is linked to preferences of consumers via a discrete-choice approach. Under this specification, and in contrast to the literature dealing with this case, RPM may increase service (and price) or decrease service (and price). More interestingly, whether service increases or decreases due to RPM provides no clue to whether welfare increases or decreases due to RPM. Either case may arise independently of the effect of RPM on service.

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  • Norbert Schulz, 2007. "Does the Service Argument Justify Resale Price Maintenance?," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 163(2), pages 236-255, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:mhr:jinste:urn:sici:0932-4569(200706)163:2_236:dtsajr_2.0.tx_2-p
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    1. Patrick Rey & Thibaud Vergé, 2010. "Resale Price Maintenance And Interlocking Relationships," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 58(4), pages 928-961, December.
    2. Teis Lunde Lømo & Simen A. Ulsaker, 2021. "Lump‐Sum Payments and Retail Services: A Relational Contracting Perspective," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 69(1), pages 131-168, March.
    3. Kodera Toshiki, 2015. "Discriminatory Pricing and Spatial Competition in Two-Sided Media Markets," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 15(2), pages 891-926, April.
    4. Matthias Hunold & Johannes Muthers, 2017. "Resale price maintenance and manufacturer competition for retail services," RAND Journal of Economics, RAND Corporation, vol. 48(1), pages 3-23, March.
    5. Matthias Hunold & Johannes Muthers, 2023. "Manufacturer Collusion and Resale Price Maintenance," Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge 197-23, Universität Siegen, Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Wirtschaftsinformatik und Wirtschaftsrecht.
    6. Lau, Amy Hing Ling & Lau, Hon-Shiang & Wang, Jian-Cai, 2010. "Usefulness of resale price maintenance under different levels of sales-effort cost and system-parameter uncertainties," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 203(2), pages 513-525, June.
    7. Matthias Hunold & Johannes Muthers, 2011. "Resale Price Maintenance: Hurting Competitors, Consumers and Yourself," Working Papers 100, Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics (BGPE).
    8. Raj, S.P. & Rhee, Byong-Duk & Sivakumar, K., 2020. "Manufacturer adoption of a unilateral pricing policy in a multi-channel setting to combat customer showrooming," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 110(C), pages 104-118.
    9. Kenji, Matsui, 2011. "Resale price maintenance for supply chains distributing products with demand uncertainty," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 134(2), pages 375-387, December.

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    JEL classification:

    • D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
    • L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
    • L42 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Vertical Restraints; Resale Price Maintenance; Quantity Discounts

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