Contract Regulation and Cartels (HDE)
- Project Period: June 1, 2011–May 31, 2013
- Funding: Handelsverband Deutschland e.V.
Summary
The research project “Contract Regulation and Cartels” deals with the issue of demand-side market power from a bargaining perspective. The focus is on the organizational problems that need to be solved in the vertical relationship between producers and retailers in order to achieve efficiency in the value chain. In particular, information asymmetries, incentives and externalities resulting from investments and sales promotion have to be considered.
The aim of the project is a comprehensive theoretical and empirical analysis of the efficiency and competition effects of current contractual arrangements along the value chain. Therefore, the analysis incorporates the implications of such agreements for all parties of the value chain, including the consumers. This project also develops a theoretical and empirical assessment of buyer power and contract agreements. Alongside the analysis of unilateral effects, the focus is also on the problem of cartelization on the supply and demand-sides.
Publications
- Einschränkungen der Preisgestaltung im Einzelhandel aus wettbewerbsökonomischer Perspektive, Januar 2012.
Justus Haucap & Gordon J. Klein - Nachfragemacht im Handel, Dezember 2011.
Christian Wey - One-Stop Shopping Behavior, Buyer Power, and Upstream Merger Incentives, June 2011.
Vanessa von Schlippenbach & Christian Wey - Die Bestimmung von Nachfragemacht im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel: Theoretische Grundlagen und empirischer Nachweis, September 2013.
Justus Haucap, Ulrich Heimeshoff, Gordon J. Klein, Dennis Rickert & Christian Wey - Wettbewerbsprobleme im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel, September 2013.
Justus Haucap, Ulrich Heimeshoff, Gordon J. Klein, Dennis Rickert & Christian Wey - Inter-Format Competition Among Retailers - The Role of Private Label Products in Market Delineation, August 2013.
Justus Haucap, Ulrich Heimeshoff, Gordon J. Klein, Dennis Rickert & Christian Wey - Bargaining Power in Manufacturer-Retailer Relationships, September 2013.
Justus Haucap, Ulrich Heimeshoff, Gordon J. Klein, Dennis Rickert & Christian Wey
Researchers involved
- Prof. Dr. Justus Haucap
- Prof. Dr. Christian Wey
- Dr. Ulrich Heimeshoff
- Gordon Jochem Klein
- Vanessa von Schlippenbach
- Dennis Rickert