This paper considers a two-echelon supply chain consisting of one supplier and one retailer. The supplier sells a product to the retailer, who faces a deterministic demand, and may offer the retailer two types of trade credit contracts: a “one-part” or a “two-part” contract. We mainly...

This paper considers a two-echelon supply chain consisting of one supplier and one retailer. The supplier sells a product to the retailer, who faces a deterministic demand, and may offer the retailer two types of trade credit contracts: a “one-part” or a “two-part” contract. We mainly...

This paper studies the impact of mergers between public and private firms in vertically-differentiated markets on product repositioning, profits, consumer surplus, and social welfare. We analyze a game-theoretical model with a public firm and two private firms in which the public firm’s...