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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2025
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 12293
Verlag: 
Munich Society for the Promotion of Economic Research - CESifo GmbH, Munich
Zusammenfassung: 
We separate the effects of market power and capacity constraints in transportation. A simple model shows imperfect competition—not capacity constraints—generates differential freight price changes across buyers following a demand shock. Consistent with this, difference-in-differences estimates reveal, after COVID-19 demand surge, freight forwarders faced a 30 pp larger increase in base freight rates than direct shippers despite identical contract terms. This reflects rising carrier markups that disproportionately burden smaller firms and explain at least 35% of freight price growth and 16% of U.S. import price inflation. Thus, competition in transportation is crucial for supplychain resilience and macroeconomic stability
Schlagwörter: 
market power
transportation
price discrimination
trade costs
inflation
intermediaries
JEL: 
F1
L2
Dokumentart: 
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