We evaluate the extent to which small businesses maintain an online presence, looking at restaurant listings on a major … in a restaurant's online presence as well as a natural experiment arising from a data acquisition that led over a …

restaurant hygiene. We first extract signals of hygiene from Yelp. Among all dimensions that regulators monitor through mandated … restaurant inspections, we find that reviews are more informative about hygiene dimensions that consumers directly experience …

restaurant prices increased faster than Grade 7 salaries over the entire period and changes in the British exchange rate were not …

In the restaurant industry, the incidence of an increase in the minimum wage may fall on restaurant owners, customers … on landlords and restaurant owners in low-income neighborhoods. We further show that the mix of responses at restaurants … subject to the LA City minimum wage, including price increases, menu changes, and restaurant closures, was affected by …

credit for restaurant workers. We use data on past variation in tip credits - or minimum wages for restaurant workers - to … minimum wages (smaller tip credits) reducing jobs among tipped restaurant workers, without earnings effects on those who …

this type of spillovers has proven difficult. We test for the presence of agglomeration spillovers in Milan's restaurant … geographical concentration of restaurants increased sharply. By 2012, 7 years after the liberalization of restaurant entry, the …

We study the impact of the minimum wage on firm exit in the restaurant industry, exploiting recent changes in the … minimum wage at the city level. We find that the impact of the minimum wage depends on whether a restaurant was already close … minimum wage leads to a 10 percent increase in the likelihood of exit for a 3.5-star restaurant (which is the median rating on …