We study the following question: How does competition influence the inventory holdings of General Motors' dealerships operating in isolated U.S. markets? We wish to disentangle two mechanisms by which local competition influences a dealer's inventory: (1) the entry or exit of a competitor can...

We study the following question: how does competition influence the inventory holdings of General Motors' dealership operating in isolated U.S. markets? We wish to disentangle two mechanism by which local competition influences a dealer's inventory: (1) the entry or exit of a competitor can...

This paper studies whether imposing carbon costs changes the supply chain structure and social welfare. We explore the problem from a central policymaker's perspective who wants to maximize social welfare. We consider two stakeholders, retailers and consumers, who optimize their own objectives...