This article investigates downstream firms' ability to collude in a repeated game of
competition between supply chains. We show that downstream firms with buyer power can …

We investigate the strategic incentives for partial vertical integration, namely, partial
ownership agreements between manufacturers and retailers, when retailers privately know …

We model retail-price recommendations (RPRs) as a communication device in vertical
supply relations with private manufacturer information on production costs and consumer …

We use data from the Italian manufacturing industry to document a positive correlation
between delegation and R & D. This result is robust to controlling for the determinants of R & …

Usefulness of resale price maintenance under different levels of sales-effort cost and system-parameter
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We explore the strategic value of quantity forcing contracts in a manufacturer-retailer
environment under both adverse selection and moral hazard. Manufacturers dealing with …

In a framework à la Martin (1993) we introduce a common component in the managers'
private information in order to address three related questions: What is the impact of …

We investigate the sustainability of vertical contracts between airports and airlines. We focus
on the case of Quantity Forcing contracts, with a theoretical model that accommodates …

We analyze vertical contracting between a manufacturer and retailers who have correlated
private information. The manufacturer chooses the number of retailers and secretly contracts …

In a vertically related market where the number of manufacturer‐retailer hierarchies is
endogenously determined by free entry, we investigate the impact of vertical price restraints …