Di erences in selling mechanisms , di erences in prices : the case of the Boulogne s / mer sh market
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The Boulogne s/ mer sh market is organized through two di erent sub-markets: a negotiated one and an auction one. People can freely choose where to sell their merchandize. First empirical results show that the same species of sh are sold in more or less the same amount of quantities on both markets, and that the distribution of the prices transactions slightly di ers from a sub-market to the other. keywords: sh market, price dispersion, micro data analysis J.E.L. codes: L1, L2, D8, G24
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