the determinants of retail tyre price dispersion in uk juan delgado universidad carlos iii de madrid and michael waterson university warwick abstract we investigate a market tyres characterised by outlets each selling range products consumers face substantial across even for very tightly defined our modelling incorporates search behaviour some power at level empirically employ both matched pair regression approaches significant components are accounted finding that chains as group more expensive than standalone one specific result is owned manufacturers sell other over 17 expensively do independent stores keywords vertical restraints jel nos l13 l81 d83 this version may 1999 would like to thank association providing data samples also seminar audiences copenhagen edinburgh fundación empresa pública ihs vienna xii jornadas economía industrial lse queen mary westfield york particular steve dowrick chris gilbert morten hviid francine lafontaine dennis leech pedro marín peter mollgard andrew oswald
