Gasoline Marketing: Premium Gasoline Overbuying May Be Occurring, but Extent Unknown
RCED-91-58
Published: Feb 26, 1991. Publicly Released: Mar 07, 1991.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO determined: (1) whether consumers were needlessly buying premium gasoline; (2) whether the higher retail price of premium gasoline included a greater price mark-up than that included in the retail price of regular gasoline; and (3) possible reasons for the price differences between premium and regular gasoline.
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