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dc.contributor.authorBloch, Harry
dc.contributor.authorWills-Johnson, Nick
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:19:55Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:19:55Z
dc.date.created2010-03-18T20:02:04Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationBloch, Harry and Wills-Johnson, Nick. 2010. The ACCC's Caltex-Mobil decision: A network view, Centre for Research in Applied Economics Working Paper Series: no. 201001, Curtin University of Technology, School of Economics and Finance.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20561
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On December 2nd 2009, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced its intention to oppose the acquisition of Mobil's retail assets by Caltex, based in part on an assessment of adverse competition effects in some local markets. Their assessment was based upon the proportion of sites within each local market that would become controlled by Caltex post-merger. This paper suggests an alternative method foranalysing competitive effects, which formalises local market structure into a network and assesses the position of each outlet in that network.

dc.publisherCentre for Research in Applied Economics, Curtin Business School
dc.subjectnetworks
dc.subjectRetail petroleum
dc.titleThe ACCC's Caltex-Mobil decision: A network view
dc.typeWorking Paper
dcterms.source.volume201001
dcterms.source.seriesCentre for Research in Applied Economics Working Paper Series
curtin.departmentSchool of Economics and Finance
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyCurtin Business School
curtin.facultyThe Centre of Research in Applied Economics (CRAE)


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