We examine whether loss leading pricing strategies in multiproduct retailing should be a target of antitrust policy. Loss leading is modeled in the presence of imperfect competition and consumer information in a stage game ...
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 ...
The paper empirically models price ispersion between related brands within roduct categories of the Irish Independent Grocery market. Retail brand prices are veraged over the independent shops stocking the brand. Since ...
Recent media attention has focused on the low ranking of Ireland in a major international study on literacy. In this paper we examine the dataset used in these studies to consider the reason behind the low ranking. We find ...
The Food and Nutrition Service administers the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) that provides healthy meals and snacks in child and adult day care facilities. This report analyzes the characteristics of three types ...
This paper estimates the demand for lottery tickets using pooled cross section data that contain individual incomes and extensive information about characteristics. One of the cross sections corresponded to a draw which ...
Most theories of involuntary unemployment predict that the equilibrium wage in the labor market will be greater than the reservation wage of the unemployed. These theories concentrate on explaining why the labor market ...
We address the question of whether the volume of manufacturing trade between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is more or less than might be expected in the light of international
experience. We estimate a ...