Modelización de mercados oligopolistasel caso de madera para suelos. España 1994-2012

  1. Fernando Tomé Bermejo 1
  2. Omar de la Cruz Vicente 1
  1. 1 Universidad Nebrija
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    Universidad Nebrija

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03tzyrt94

Journal:
Cuadernos de economía: Spanish Journal of Economics and Finance

ISSN: 2340-6704,  0210-0266

Year of publication: 2019

Volume: 42

Issue: 119

Pages: 103-118

Type: Article

DOI: 10.32826/CUDE.V42I119.94 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openBiblos-e Archivo editor

More publications in: Cuadernos de economía: Spanish Journal of Economics and Finance

Abstract

The key economic indicators of the wood flooring industry show a reduced (four) number of competitors, a high degree of industrial concentration among the main companies and significant barriers, which effectively block the entry of new manufacturers. This paper models the behavior of the four main producers (two of traditional parquet and two of floating pallet) and the consumers of three types of wooden floors describing a strategic panorama with different results depending on the type of soil (Basic oak, Select oak and Jatoba). The results of the demand analysis show that the price elasticities are relatively high, so that the produ-cers run the risk of seriously reducing their market shares, if they raise their prices alone. In addition, consumers find it difficult to distinguish between the highly homogeneous goods of the two pallet producers and the two parquet producers. In relation to the offer analysis, the producers of oak set prices in the same sense, being the first producer a leader. On the other hand, in the Jatoba market there is a greater competence among the first three producers, due to the search for market share and make price changes in the opposite direction.

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Para poder estudiar el comportamiento de los productores y los consumidores de distintos tipos de madera para suelos es necesario conocer la evolución de una serie de variables obtenidas de SABI 2007 (datos anuales), además de las de precios y cantidades de cada tipo de suelo, que afec-ten a dichos comportamientos. Así, entre las variables que podrían afectar a los precios de los bienes, analizaremos las relacionadas con los principales costes de producción, tales como el coste de las materias primas necesarias para producirlos, el coste laboral de los trabajadores del sector, el precio de la gasolina como aproximación al coste del transporte, obtenidas del Ministerio de Industria y Comer-cio (datos anuales), y los gastos en publicidad, obtenida a partir de publicaciones del sector y revistas de decoración.

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