Price responses to seasonal demand changes in the Swedish gasoline market

Arbeitspapier

The demand for gasoline in Sweden follows a seasonal cycle. The paper investigates the response in prices and profits over the cycle. In contrast to what has been found for the gasoline market in the United States, we find no support for seasonal price changes compatible with the theories for cyclical variations of intensity of competition. We also investigate whether the effects on margins of the demand fluctuations induced by tax increases are compatible with these theories and find this not to be the case. Some possible explanations for this difference between Sweden and the United States are discussed.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance ; No. 473

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Business Fluctuations; Cycles ; Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets ; Mining, Extraction, and Refining: Hydrocarbon Fuels
• Subject: Seasonal cycles ; gasoline market

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Eriksson, Rickard
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Stockholm School of Economics, The Economic Research Institute (EFI)
• (where): Stockholm
• (when): 2001

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/56190
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET