David P. Byrne

University of Melbourne

Associate Professor

Level 4

111 Barry Street

Melbourne, Victoria 3010

Australia

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1.

Learning to Coordinate: A Study in Retail Gasoline

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 27 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2018
David P. Byrne and Nicolas de Roos
University of Melbourne and University of Sydney
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Price Leadership; Focal Points; Experimentation; Learning; Communication; Collusion; Retail Gasoline

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How Do Consumers Respond to Gasoline Price Cycles?

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 02 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2013
David P. Byrne, Gordon Leslie and Roger Ware
University of Melbourne, Monash University - Department of Economics and Queen's University
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Retail gasoline price cycles, Dynamic demand, Consumer search

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Tell Me Something I Don't Already Know: Informedness and the Impact of Information Programs

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 29 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2017
David P. Byrne, Andrea La Nauze and Leslie A. Martin
University of Melbourne, University of Pittsburgh - Department of Economics and University of Melbourne - Department of Economics
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imperfect information, high frequency feedback, peer comparison, learning, field experiment, retail electricity

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Testing Models of Differentiated Products Markets: Consolidation in the Cable TV Industry

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Testing Models of Differentiated Products Markets: Consolidation in the Cable TV Industry

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 27 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2014
David P. Byrne
University of Melbourne
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model validation, merger simulation, cable TV industry, consolidation, price regulation, endogenous product quality, discrete-choice demand, translog cost function

Testing Models of Differentiated Products Markets: Consolidation in the Cable TV Industry

International Economic Review, Vol. 56, Issue 3, pp. 805-850, 2015
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 31 Jul 2015
David P. Byrne
University of Melbourne
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Price Discrimination, Search, and Negotiation in an Oligopoly: A Field Experiment in Retail Electricity

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 06 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2019
David P. Byrne, Leslie A. Martin and Jia Sheen Nah
University of Melbourne, University of Melbourne - Department of Economics and University of Melbourne
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price discrimination, search, negotiation, retail electricity

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Consumer Search in Retail Gasoline Markets

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Consumer Search in Retail Gasoline Markets

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 22 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2015
David P. Byrne and Nicolas de Roos
University of Melbourne and University of Sydney
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search, price dispersion, retail gasoline

Consumer Search in Retail Gasoline Markets

The Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 65, Issue 1, pp. 183-193, 2017
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 01 May 2017
David P. Byrne and Nicolas de Roos
University of Melbourne and University of Sydney
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The Internet, Search, and Asymmetric Pricing: A Natural Experiment in Retail Gasoline

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 17 Nov 2014
David P. Byrne, Nicolas de Roos and Daniel Tiong
University of Melbourne, University of Sydney and University of Melbourne
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Internet, price clearinghouse, search, asymmetric price adjustment, error correction model, retail gasoline

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Gasoline Pricing in the Country and the City

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 27 May 2018
David P. Byrne
University of Melbourne
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Asymmetric Pricing, Retail Gasoline, Sticky Pricing, Cost-based Pricing

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Identification and Estimation of Differentiated Products Models Using Cost Data

Number of pages: 102 Posted: 16 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2019
David P. Byrne, Susumu Imai, Neelam Jain, Vasilis Sarafidis and Masayuki Hirukawa
University of Melbourne, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) - Faculty of Business, City University London, BI Norwegian Business School and Setsunan University
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Differentiated Goods Oligopoly, Instruments, Parametric Identification, Nonparametric Identification, Cost data

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Herding Among Bureaucrats

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 16 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2013
Branko Bošković, David P. Byrne and Arvind Magesan
University of Alberta - Department of Marketing, Business Economics & Law, University of Melbourne and University of Calgary
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Experts, Social learning, Career Concerns, Bureaucrats, Pharmaceuticals

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Petrol Price Cycles

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Petrol Price Cycles

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 15 May 2012 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2012
David P. Byrne
University of Melbourne
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gasoline prices, petrol, Edgeworth Cycles, consumer search, collusion

Petrol Price Cycles

Australian Economic Review, Vol. 45, Issue 4, pp. 497-506, 2012
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 24 Nov 2012
David P. Byrne
University of Melbourne
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Startup Search Costs

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 18 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2020
David P. Byrne and Nicolas de Roos
University of Melbourne and University of Sydney
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Search, Price Dispersion, Price War, Retail Gasoline

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Supplying Slot Machines to the Poor

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Supplying Slot Machines to the Poor

Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 15/15
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 20 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2019
Melisa Bubonya and David P. Byrne
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research and University of Melbourne
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Oligopoly; Taxes; Smoking ban; Supply caps; Slot machines; Problem gambling; Structural estimation

Supplying Slot Machines to the Poor

Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 15/15
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 22 Sep 2015
Melisa Bubonya and David P. Byrne
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research and University of Melbourne
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Oligopoly, taxes, smoking ban, supply caps, slot machines, problem gambling, structural estimation

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An Experimental Study of Monthly Electricity Demand (In)Elasticity

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 03 May 2018 Last Revised: 20 May 2019
David P. Byrne, Andrea La Nauze and Leslie A. Martin
University of Melbourne, University of Pittsburgh - Department of Economics and University of Melbourne - Department of Economics
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Price Elasticity, Energy Demand, Field Experiment

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Canadian City Housing Prices and Urban Market Segmentation

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Canadian City Housing Prices and Urban Market Segmentation

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 01 Nov 2007
Jason Allen, Robert A. Amano, David P. Byrne and Allan Gregory
Government of Canada - Bank of Canada, Bank of Canada & CREFE, University of Melbourne and Queen's University
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Housing, Canada, cointegration

Canadian City Housing Prices and Urban Market Segmentation

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, Vol. 42, Issue 3, pp. 1132-1149, August / août 2009
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 04 Jul 2009
Jason Allen, Robert A. Amano, David P. Byrne and Allan Gregory
Government of Canada - Bank of Canada, Bank of Canada & CREFE, University of Melbourne and Queen's University
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The Price Effects of Shaming Oligopolists: A Study of the COVID-19 Oil Price Shock

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 05 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2020
Aaron Barkley, David P. Byrne and Xiaosong (Andy) Wu
University of Melbourne, University of Melbourne and University of Melbourne
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Antitrust Announcements, Cost Pass-through, High-Frequency Event Study, Retail Gasoline

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Smart Meters, Personalized Feedback and Retailer Switching in Electricity Markets

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 05 Mar 2016
David P. Byrne, Leslie A. Martin and Charles Shenton
University of Melbourne, University of Melbourne - Department of Economics and University of Melbourne
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Retail search, personalized feedback, smart meters, electricity

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Fuelling Australia: Structural Changes and New Policy Challenges in the Petrol Industry

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Fuelling Australia: Structural Changes and New Policy Challenges in the Petrol Industry

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 06 Sep 2014
David P. Byrne
University of Melbourne
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Globalization; price fixing; information technology; anti-trust

Fuelling Australia: Structural Changes and New Policy Challenges in the Petrol Industry

Australian Economic Review, Vol. 47, Issue 4, pp. 523-539, 2014
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 02 Dec 2014
David P. Byrne
University of Melbourne
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Australia Has the World’s Best Petrol Price Data: FuelWatch and FuelCheck

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 20 Oct 2018
David P. Byrne, Jia Sheen Nah and Peng Xue
University of Melbourne, University of Melbourne and University of Melbourne
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Real Time Price Data; Retail Gasoline/Petrol; Cost Passthrough; Market Power; Strategic Behavior

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Canadian City Housing Prices and Urban Market Segmentation - Prix Des Maisons Dans Les Villes Canadiennes Et Segmentation Du Marché Urbain. 

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, Vol. 42, Issue 3, pp. 1132-1149, 2009
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 05 May 2020
Jason Allen, Robert Amano, David P. Byrne and Allan Gregory
Government of Canada - Bank of Canada, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Melbourne and Queen's University
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Australia Has the World's Best Petrol Price Data: Fuelwatch and Fuelcheck

Australian Economic Review, Vol. 51, Issue 4, pp. 564-577, 2018
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 30 Nov 2018
David P. Byrne, Jia Sheen Nah and Peng Xue
University of Melbourne, University of Melbourne and University of Melbourne
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