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Power Balance and Equilibrium Channel Structure in the Korean Gasoline Market

Abstract:
This study analyzes how power balance in a vertical channel affects equilibrium channel structure and channel members' profits in an oligopolistic gasoline market. Using a game theoretic analysis, we study an equilibrium channel structure under different power balance scenarios. We show that refiners cannot increase their profits by strategic disintegration when their intermediaries retain more power than they do. We also investigate power balance issues in three-level, unintegrated channels. Finally, we apply our results to the gasoline market in Korea, and discuss policy implications.

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Energy Specializations: Petroleum – Markets and Prices for Crude Oil and Products; Energy Modeling – Energy Data, Modeling, and Policy Analysis

JEL Codes: L71: Mining, Extraction, and Refining: Hydrocarbon Fuels, D47: Market Design, D40: Market Structure, Pricing, and Design: General, Q41: Energy: Demand and Supply; Prices, Q48: Energy: Government Policy

Keywords: Gasoline market, Korea, Channel structure, Game-theoretic analysis

DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol15-No1-10

Published in Volume15, Number 1 of the bi-monthly journal of the IAEE's Energy Economics Education Foundation.

 

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