Variety, price and quality in the South African automotive industry (2000-2009)

Includes abstract. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 50-52). === This paper will investigate whether the predictions of the Krugman [1979] monopolistic competition model, the Melitz [2003] model and models of vertical product differentiation hold true for the developments in the South...

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Main Author:	Teladia, Mishkah
Format:	Dissertation
Language:	English
Published:	University of Cape Town 2015
Subjects:	Economics
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11471

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spelling	ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-uct-oai-localhost-11427-114712020-10-06T05:11:07Z Variety, price and quality in the South African automotive industry (2000-2009) Teladia, Mishkah Economics Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 50-52). This paper will investigate whether the predictions of the Krugman [1979] monopolistic competition model, the Melitz [2003] model and models of vertical product differentiation hold true for the developments in the South African automotive industry for the period 2000 to 2009. A new and highly disaggregated dataset of car prices and car sales is used, listing 2252 car varieties. It is found that while car varieties have increased on aggregate, trends in the growth of car varieties differ at a more disaggregated level. 2015-01-05T18:46:37Z 2015-01-05T18:46:37Z 2011 Master Thesis Masters MCom http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11471 eng application/pdf University of Cape Town Faculty of Commerce School of Economics
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spellingShingle	Economics Teladia, Mishkah Variety, price and quality in the South African automotive industry (2000-2009)
description	Includes abstract. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 50-52). === This paper will investigate whether the predictions of the Krugman [1979] monopolistic competition model, the Melitz [2003] model and models of vertical product differentiation hold true for the developments in the South African automotive industry for the period 2000 to 2009. A new and highly disaggregated dataset of car prices and car sales is used, listing 2252 car varieties. It is found that while car varieties have increased on aggregate, trends in the growth of car varieties differ at a more disaggregated level.
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title	Variety, price and quality in the South African automotive industry (2000-2009)
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Variety, price and quality in the South African automotive industry (2000-2009)

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