Arbeitspapier
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
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Discussion Papers ; No. 132
- Klassifikation
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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
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Market power
Differentiated products
Aluminium industry
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Lindquist, Kjersti-Gro
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Statistics Norway, Research Department
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Oslo
- (wann)
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1994
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Lindquist, Kjersti-Gro
- Statistics Norway, Research Department
Entstanden
- 1994