Browsing by Subject "Groceries--Prices--Ireland"

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The optimality of loss leading in multi-product retail pricing - a rationale for repealing the 1987 Groceries Order in Ireland

Walsh, Patrick P. ; Whelan, Ciara (Trinity College Dublin. Department of Economics, 1996)

The Competition Act in 1991 repealed all legally binding Orders in Ireland except for the 1987 Groceries Order. Article 11 of this Order categorically prohibits retail pricing in the grocery sector below the net invoice ...
Price dispersion and strategic outcomes : an analysis of the Irish independent grocery sector

Walsh, Patrick P. ; Whelan, Ciara (Trinity College Dublin. Department of Economics, 1997)

This paper empirically analyses price dispersion between brand within product catgories in the Independent grocery sector. The methodology adopted allows us to discriminate between the impact which various structural demand ...