Determinants of fuel prices: dominant firms, local monopolies and ‘captive’ demand

This paper analyses the effect on retail fuel prices of factors such as belonging to dominant firms, the position of a local monopoly or oligopoly, and service station location. We study the effect of belonging to the dominant firms in the market, Repsol and Cepsa, of enjoying a local natural monopo...

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Main Authors: Luis Ángel Hierro-Recio, Pedro Atienza-Montero, María Varo-Morales, Antonio José Garzón-Gordón
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:Regional Studies, Regional Science
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2020.1811138