Multimarket Contact and Pricing: Evidence from the U.S. Cement Industry

We empirically examine the effect of multimarket contact on pricing in the U.S. cement industry. A model of price and quantity formation is estimated for a panel of 25 regional cement markets over 16 years. The results indicate that the divergence of price from marginal cost in a particular market is directly related to the extent of multimarket contact among firms in that market.

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	Rosenbaum, David I Professor of Economics Expertise: Antitrust Managerial Economics Public Utilities Economics CBA 360 P.O. Box 880489 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-0489, USA Phone: (402) 472-2318 Fax: (402) 472-9700 drosenbaum1@unl.edu	Rosenbaum, David I	Economics