我国零售业集中度对价格影响的实证分析

An Empirical Analysis on the Effect of China’s Retail Market Concentration on RetailPrices

通过选取我国零售业的相对市场集中度(CR8)指数计算得出我国零售业市场集中度呈现持续上升态势的结论。在此基础上,利用时间序列数据模型,对我国零售商品价格影响因素作了实证分析。研究发现,我国零售业市场集中度对商品价格影响显著,且呈现负相关,从而得出应当提高我国零售业市场集中度的结论,并探讨提高我国零售业集中度的对策。

This paper selects the relative market Concentration Rate （CRS） , the calculated result tells the conclusion that China＇s retail market concentration rata shows a rising trend. On that basis, this paper makes an empirical analysis on the effect of China＇s retail market concentration on retail pricesby the Time-series data model, the study finds that the net impact ofhigher market concentration rataat the local level was to reduce prices. Accordingly, this paper finally proposes some suggestions to improve the concentration of China＇s retail market.