The price discrimination effect of a large merger of parking garages

Journal article: This note investigates the effects of a large horizontal merger on the shape of the 1-to-12 h price menus offered by parking garages in Paris. The merger caused low-end prices to increase proportionally more than high-end prices. This results in larger discounts on longer hours and hence in more price discrimination between short-term and long-term motorists.

Author(s)

Romain de Nijs

Journal
  • Economics Letters
Date of publication
  • 2012
Keywords JEL
L1 L4 L9
Pages
  • 928-931
Version
  • 1
Volume
  • 117