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Private Labels, Retailer Concentration and Manufacturer Concentration: Implications for Market Power ( 2019 )

Assistant Professor Justin H. Leung
: Strategy and Policy

A large and growing literature documents rising market concentration, price-cost margins, and measured profit rates since 2000 or earlier, but the relationship between market concentration and average market power remains ambiguous. We document rising market concentration in the retail sector from 2004-2015. We attempt to explain this trend and understand its welfare implications by analyzing households’ consumption behavior across retail firms. We explore how underlying factors from both the supply and demand side drive these trends.

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