Browsing College of Human Sciences by Subject "Loss leaders--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The Competition Act in 1991 repealed all legally binding Orders in Ireland except for the 1987 Groceries Order.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 ...
A rationale for repealing the 1987 Groceries Order

Whelan, Ciara ; Walsh, Patrick P. (Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), 1999)

A ban on pricing below cost was implemented under the 1987 Groceries Order based on the premise that loss leading used in multi-product retail pricing distorts competition and exploits consumers in the short run, while ...