Prices and Competition. Evidence from a Social Program

Emilio Aguirre (), Pablo Blanchard, Fernando Borraz and Joaquín Saldain

No 2015002, Documentos de trabajo from Banco Central del Uruguay

Abstract: We use a micro-price dataset to analyze the impact on prices of a social program in Uruguay that allow the beneficiaries to purchase food, beverages and cleaning items exclusively in certain small retailers. We find that the beneficiaries pay significantly higher prices in relation to prices in other retailers. We find this result for the whole country with the exception of areas with the highest retailer density in the capital city, Montevideo.

Keywords: market structure; market power; prices; social program; estructura de mercado; poder de mercado; precios; programa social (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D4 I3 L1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2015
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Journal Article: Prices and competition: evidence from a social program (2022)
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