L22 - Firm Organization and Market Structure - Bank of Canada
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Bank of Canada RSS Feedsen2024-03-29T15:15:04+00:00Uncertain Costs and Vertical Differentiation in an Insurance Duopoly
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2014/04/working-paper-2014-14/
Classical oligopoly models predict that firms differentiate vertically as a way of softening price competition, but some metrics suggest very little quality differentiation in the U.S. auto insurance market.2014-04-21T10:21:22+00:00enUncertain Costs and Vertical Differentiation in an Insurance Duopoly2014-04-21Economic modelsMarket structure and pricingWorking Paper 2014-14https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/wp2014-14.pdfUncertain Costs and Vertical Differentiation in an Insurance DuopolyRadoslav RaykovApril 2014DD4D43D8D81GG2G22LL2L22Price Negotiation in Differentiated Products Markets: Evidence from the Canadian Mortgage Market
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2012/09/working-paper-2012-30/
This paper measures market power in a decentralized market where contracts are determined through a search and negotiation process. The mortgage industry has many institutional features which suggest competitiveness: homogeneous contracts, negotiable rates, and, for a given consumer, common lending costs across lenders.2012-09-28T09:20:40+00:00enPrice Negotiation in Differentiated Products Markets: Evidence from the Canadian Mortgage Market2012-09-28Financial institutionsFinancial servicesMarket structure and pricingWorking Paper 2012-30https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wp2012-30.pdfPrice Negotiation in Differentiated Products Markets: Evidence from the Canadian Mortgage MarketJason AllenRobert ClarkJean-François HoudeAugust 2012DD4GG2G21LL2L22Credit in a Tiered Payments System
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2006/10/working-paper-2006-36/
Payments systems are typically characterized by some degree of tiering, with upstream firms (clearing agents) providing settlement accounts to downstream institutions that wish to clear and settle payments indirectly in these systems (indirect clearers).2006-10-01T16:47:09+00:00enCredit in a Tiered Payments System2006-10-01Financial institutionsFinancial servicesMarket structure and pricingPayment clearing and settlement systemsWorking Paper 2006-36 https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/wp06-36.pdfCredit in a Tiered Payments SystemAlexandra LaiNikil ChandeSean O'ConnorOctober 2006GG2G21LL1L12L13L2L22The Economic Theory of Retail Pricing: A Survey
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2004/03/working-paper-2004-8/
The types of contracts that arise in a typical vertical manufacturer–retailer relationship are more sophisticated than usually assumed in standard macroeconomic models.2004-03-01T11:39:28+00:00enThe Economic Theory of Retail Pricing: A Survey2004-03-01Market structure and pricingWorking Paper 2004-8 https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/wp04-8.pdfThe Economic Theory of Retail Pricing: A SurveyOana SecrieruMarch 2004DD4D40LL2L22L4L42