Higher prices at Canadian gas pumps: International crude oil prices or local market concentration? An empirical investigation

Energy Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-288

  Sen, Anindya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition; Gasoline prices; Market structure

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; GASOLINE; MARKETING;

GAS PUMPS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

CRUDE OIL; MARKET CONDITIONS; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS;

CANADA;

EID: 0037515392     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-9883(02)00097-X     Document Type: Article

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