And a more recent Yale study on the effect of Thrifty's buyout of ARCO in Southern Califonia. Essentially this is a case study on the effect of independant smaller gas companies being bought up by larger ones:
http://aida.econ.yale.edu/~jh529/Hastings_Final_VertInt092803.pdf Conclusions include: "The analysis shows that the presence of independent retailers acts to decrease local retail prices." and... "This model predicts that when independents are replaced by branded integrated stations price competition in the market is softened, resulting in higher local market prices." :) -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:180486 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
