exactly, in my opinion the whole economy is headed in this direction but it seems particularly egregious where oil is concerned.
On 11/8/05, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:180494 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
