Swiss Petrol Retailing Market Power Analysis

Swiss data supports a New Empirical Industrial Organisation method to estimate market power in the petrol retailing industry. The analysis, conducted by author Nils Herger, suggests a low level of market power held by Swiss petrol retailers. The dataset underpins research on competition and alleged collusive conduct in this sector.

Use Cases

• Estimate a conduct parameter to quantify market power held by petrol retailers using the proposed NEIO method.
• Analyze price-setting behavior across filling stations to investigate allegations of simultaneous price movements.
• Model the relationship between market power and retail prices to assess claims of 'excessive' pricing in Switzerland.

Strengths

• Data is specific to the Swiss petrol retailing market, providing a focused geographic scope.
• The research applies a formal New Empirical Industrial Organisation (NEIO) framework for estimating market power.
• Findings are directly relevant to competition authorities and economic policy discussions.

Limitations

• The specific dataset structure, including rows, columns, and sample data, is unavailable for review.
• The raw description does not specify the temporal coverage of the underlying data.
• The methodology and conclusions are tied to the Swiss context, limiting direct applicability to other markets.

Provenance

Source

ICPSR Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Proposed method within the New Empirical Industrial Organisation (NEIO) spirit, applied to Swiss data.

Freshness

The metadata was last updated on 2026-02-23.

Geography

Switzerland