The Economic Way of Thinking 13th Edition by David Prychitko, Peter Boettke, Paul Heyne

Exercise 19

Here's one about competition on the supply side. In 2011, two managers of a Domino's pizza franchise in Lake City, Florida, burned down the building of a newly-established Papa John's pizzeria a couple blocks away. They said they were tired of watching cars drive past their store and into the Papa John's parking lot. While such violent activity is rare in the fast food industry, your authors know of another market where the elimination of one's competitors through violence is practically a daily occurrence. Can you guess which one it is?