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Algorithmic pricing raises margins in concentrated markets: margins increased 28 percent in local duopoly retail gasoline markets in Germany when both firms adopted algorithmic pricing software.

Assad and colleagues have documented that margins increased 28% in local duopoly retail gasoline markets in Germany when both firms adopted algorithmic pricing software.

Wulf A. Kaal, The Collapse of Scarcity Economics (2026), VI.C. Nash's Equilibrium: From Anthropocentric Relic to Algorithmic Collusion Risk, p. 25
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