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This paper estimates consumer demand for firearms with the aim of predicting the likely impacts of firearm regulations on the number and types of guns in circulation. We first conduct a stated-choice-based conjoint analysis and estimate an individual-level demand model for firearms. We validate...
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Consumers often benefit from increased competition in differentiated product settings. In this paper we consider … consumer benefits from increased competition in a differentiated product setting: the spread of non-traditional retail outlets …
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We analyze a number of unstudied aspects of retail electricity competition. We first explore the implications of load … homogeneous up to a scaling factor. In general, the combination of retail competition and load profiling does not yield the second … consumption, retail competition yields the Ramsey prices even when consumers can only partially respond to variations in real time …
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The standard economic model of efficient competitive markets relies on the ability of sellers to charge prices that vary as their costs change. Yet, there is no restructured electricity market in which most retail customers can be charged realtime prices (RTP), prices that can change as...
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power. In those situations, governments could attempt to regulate the market or to increase competition. We provide the … first experimental evidence on the effect of increased competition on prices and quality relying on an intervention that …
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Regulations aimed at curbing the entry of large retail stores have been introduced in many countries to protect independent retailers. Analyzing a planning reform launched in the United Kingdom in the 1990s, I show that independent retailers were actually harmed by the creation of entry barriers...
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This paper develops a dynamic model of retail competition and uses it to study the impact of the expansion of a new …
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Prior research shows grocery stores reduce prices to compete with Walmart Supercenters. This study finds evidence that the competitive effects of two other big box retailers - Costco and Walmart-owned Sam's Club - are quite different. Using city-level panel grocery price data matched with a...
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voters who are aligned with pro-FTA political candidates. We find that import competition plays a role in explaining votes …
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host-country research and development effort in response to foreign competition, is one of three examining the impact of …
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