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M - <br />competition and the economic welfare of Vero Beach residents. Currently the <br />impact of the highly concentrated market structure on prices may be mitigated by <br />the location of four different company supermarkets (1 Publix, I Winn Dixie, 1 <br />Albertson and 1 Keen's) at or very near the bridge entrance roads in downtown <br />Vero Beach. As Island residents come onto the mainland they can patronize the <br />store that offers the best value that week. Locating a Publix on the Island may <br />not only raise prices there, it will raise prices on the mainland because retailers <br />there will no longer compete for Island business. u <br />14. For these reasons I recommend rejecting the Sea Mist Shoppes Proposal. <br />Respectfully Submitted, <br />G � <br />Ronald W. Cotterill, Ph.D. <br />STATE OF FLORIDA <br />COUNT OF INDIAN RIVER <br />Sworn to, and subscribed before me this 1/day of July, 1994, by _Ronald W. Cotterill <br />who produced C'onntxri�-o,— Aas identification. <br />we /! vw tP /3'7 / <br />WAMM W. ILL <br />cakfam <br />oases: sn.rr,tess <br />09MMTJMN"rMMW*&dM <br />12�f1a�l�'� ✓/ <br />Notary Public <br />My Commission Expires: <br />My Commission No. is: <br />"David Levy and James Reitzes, "Product Differentiation and the Ability to Collude; Where <br />Being Different Can Be an Advantage", Antitrust Bulletin, Summer 1993, p. 349 - 368. Locating a <br />Publix on the Island is Spatial or Geographic "Product Differentiation". <br />34 <br />July 12, 1994 <br />600K <br />