This paper characterizes fueling stations' pricing strategies to study price differentials within retail gasoline markets. We use a unique dataset with stations' locations and daily gasoline prices in the major cities of the continental U.S. to classify cycler and non-cycler stations. We exploit...

This paper characterizes fueling stations' pricing strategies to study price differentials within retail gasoline markets. We use a unique dataset with stations' locations and daily gasoline prices in the major cities of the continental U.S. to classify cycler and non-cycler stations. We exploit...

This policy brief reviews the experience of the countries under the Euro currency, focusing on those that have been under significant pressure in recent years— Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain, referred to as “emerging” economies. At first they experienced stable growth and converged to...

I employ a unique data-set on fueling station locations in the United States and their corresponding retail gasoline prices to estimate how state tax discontinuities affect business location decisions and tax incidence. The analysis shows that the expected number of fueling stations on the...

This policy brief reviews the experience of the countries under the Euro currency, focusing on those that have been under significant pressure in recent years— Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain, referred to as “emerging” economies. At first they experienced stable growth and converged to...

It is natural to think, and economic theory predicts, that integration in an economic zone like Europe fosters growth and development, particularly when integration refers to trade opening among countries. It is expected that openness (to trade) promotes growth and being closed (to trade) deters...

This article studies the preference structure of frozen fried potatoes consumers in Mar del Plata, Argentina, and the effect of changes in market structure and the addition of a new product on prices, market shares, and welfare. Heterogeneity in consumer preferences is found, driven by...

El objetivo general de esta investigación es indagar acerca del potencial desarrollo de Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas en la producción de papa del sudeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires. El estudio utiliza técnicas cuantitativas para describir el comportamiento de las principales variables...

The main objective of this study is to investigate the potential implementation of Good Agricultural Practices in potato production, in the southeast Province of Buenos Aires. Argentina. The methods used to deal with the main economic variables (price, import and export value and volume)...