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The research looked at the price setting in a number of petrol retailers in Perth over five years. Julian Smith/AAP

February 13, 2017

New research shows how petrol retailers pushed prices up in Perth

David Byrne, The University of Melbourne

New analysis of the behaviour of petrol retailers in Perth over a period of five years shows how tacit collusion caused prices to increase by up to 50%.

Australia’s corporate regulator wants to tackle what it believes is collusion in the petrol industry, but court action to date hasn’t really succeeded. AAP/Lukas Coch

August 27, 2014

Fixing the fixers of petrol prices is no easy task

Caron Beaton-Wells, The University of Melbourne and David Byrne, The University of Melbourne

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s latest foray into the difficult and politically charged arena of petrol pricing is just the latest in a long running saga that is unlikely to be resolved…

What can international markets tell us about whether Australian petrol price sharing arrangements are anti-competitive? AAP

May 27, 2012

Price cycles and signalling in the petrol industry: what other markets can tell us

David Byrne, The University of Melbourne

The way petrol is priced in Australia has been a perennially vexed issue. Earlier this month, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced it would launch an inquiry into price-sharing…

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