Cotterill, Ronald W.; Haller, Lawrence E. - Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy, Department … - 1991
De novo entry by the top 20 U.S. supermarket chains into local markets is examined using Tobit analysis. We find that entry is related to potential entrants' proximity to the local market, market growth, concentration, the number of large chains that are incumbents in the local market, and the...