Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/190942 
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Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
cege Discussion Papers No. 362
Publisher: 
University of Göttingen, Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research (cege), Göttingen
Abstract: 
I study the effect of reference pricing on competition by parallel imports, in particular the market share of parallel imports and the number of parallel traders. First, I analyze the effect of reference pricing on competition by parallel imports in a vertical differentiation model with a locally sourced version and a parallel import offered by n identical parallel traders. Second, I explore the effect of reference pricing on competition by parallel imports using a dataset with prescription drugs with competition from parallel imports. Both model and estimation results suggest that the introduction of reference pricing inreases the market share of the parallel import and the number of parallel traders, while a decrease in the reference price decreases the market share of the parallel import and the number of parallel traders.
Subjects: 
reference pricing
parallel imports
pharmaceutical regulation
JEL: 
F12
I11
I18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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