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Testing for Market Power in the Norwegian Primary Aluminium Industry

The hypothesis of market power in the Norwegian primary aluminium industry is tested using plant-level panel data. Economies of scale are found to be present, and Norwegian aluminium plants charge a procyclical price-cost margin that significantly exceeds zero. Consequently, the simple competitive hypothesis is rejected. The hypothesis that products are differentiated is not rejected, since several plants are found to charge a price permanently over the world market price. A decline in industry concentration internationally, which is assumed to increase the degree of competition, has no significant effect on the price-cost margins of Norwegian plants.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Discussion Papers ; No. 132

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
Firm Behavior: Theory
Market Structure, Pricing, and Design: Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
Metals and Metal Products; Cement; Glass; Ceramics
Thema
Market power
Differentiated products
Aluminium industry

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Lindquist, Kjersti-Gro
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Statistics Norway, Research Department
(wo)
Oslo
(wann)
1994

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Lindquist, Kjersti-Gro
  • Statistics Norway, Research Department

Entstanden

  • 1994

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