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| Title: | Market Structure and Competition in Food Retail: Some Evidences from Brazil |
| Authors: | Monterio, G.F.A.
Farina, Elizabeth Maria Mercier Querido
Nunes, R. |
| Keywords: | Food retail
Supermarkets
Differentiation |
| Issue Date: | 2008 |
| Abstract: | The paper analyzes competition among
supermarkets in Brazil. In contrast to part of the economic
literature which suggests that the fast growth of big
supermarket chains would destroy independent, medium
and small supermarkets, the paper argues that big
supermarket chains can coexist with different formats of
independent food retailing. As a result, competition in food
retail is complex and cannot be described as a simple
Darwinian process of market concentration. The analysis is
divided in two parts. In the first part, the competition
between hypermarkets and supermarkets is examined.
Evidences for the district of Sao Paulo, Brazil, suggest that
these retailers form separate markets. The second part is
focused on neighborhood supermarkets. The results differ
from the general belief that independent supermarkets
establish higher prices in comparison to big chain
supermarkets. The analysis brings to light the heterogeneity
of the competitive fringe in the oligopoly model of Brazilian
retailing. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/44199 |
| Institution/Association: | European Association of Agricultural Economists>2008 International Congress, August 26-29, 2008, Ghent, Belgium |
| Total Pages: | 14 |
| Collections: | 2008 International Congress, August 26-29, 2008, Ghent, Belgium
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