Upstream competition and downstream buyer power

It is often claimed that large buyers wield buyer power. Existing theories of this effect generally assume upstream monopoly. Yet the evidence is strongest with upstream competition. We show that upstream competition can yield buyer power for large buyers by generating supplier-level volume uncer...

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Huvudupphovsman: Thanassoulis, J
Materialtyp: Working paper
Publicerad: University of Oxford 2009