Assortment decisions are key strategic instruments for firms responding to local market conditions. We assess this … well as composition of assortment. We adopt a difference-in-differences strategy that exploits local variation in the … led the merging parties to reposition their assortment and increase average category prices. While the low-variety and low …

composition of assortment. We adopt a difference-in-differences strategy that exploits local variation in the merger’s effects … the merging parties to reposition their assortment to avoid cannibalization in the areas where they directly competed … before the merger. While the low-variety target’s stores reduced the depth of their assortment when in direct competition …

This paper explores official trade data to identify patterns of smuggling in international trade. Our main measure of … interest is the difference in matched partner trade statistics, i.e., the extent to which the recorded export value in the … with the level of corruption in both partner countries. This finding supports the hypothesis that trade gaps partly …

We study the nature of individual demands for environmental regulation and for trade openness in the general … all. We show that when private mitigation is possible at a cost, trade polarizes the interests of rich and poor with … respect to the stringency of regulation. Moreover, even though trade has the potential to benefit everyone, the poor may …

policy. The setting is that of a small open economy in which incomes depend importantly on trade in dirty goods, where income … interacts with the pollution costs and income benefits of trade in dirty goods to further polarize interests concerning both … environmental stringency and the regulation of trade openness. In this context, we show how the eco-friendliness ranking of …

itself) to a sizable and statistically significant increase in trade between the member countries of EMU. In this paper, we … put the trade effect of the euro in historical perspective. We argue that the creation of the EMU was a continuation (or … strong evidence of a gradual increase in trade intensity between European countries. Once we control for this trend in trade …