Gas prices town-to-town rely on the supply chain, according to Andrew Friedson

Published: Sept. 10, 2019

Andrew Friedson, Assistant Professor of Economics, said that if Durango has greater demand for gasoline and the supply chain is the same in both towns, Durango should have higher gas prices. Friedson suspects supply differences explain why Durango sees lower gas prices. “If you only have two companies competing in Cortez, it’s going to be easier to keep prices higher,” he said.

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