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Identifying state dependence in brand choice : evidence from hurricanes

Levine, Julia; Seiler, Stephan - 2022

We analyze structural state dependence in brand choice using variation from brand switching during stock-outs caused by hurricanes. We derive a simple test for structural state dependence based on the time-series of choice persistence for households affected by the stock-outs. Using data from...

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Price or variety? : an evaluation of mergers effects in grocery retailing

Argentesi, Elena; Buccirossi, Paolo; Cervone, Roberto; … - 2018

led the merging parties to reposition their assortment and increase average category prices. While the low-variety and low … increased their product variety. By analyzing the effect of the merger on category prices, we find that the target most likely …-market variety competition explains most of our findings. …

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The effect of mergers on variety in grocery retailing

Argentesi, Elena; Buccirossi, Paolo; Cervone, Roberto; … - 2021

before the merger. While the low-variety target's stores reduced the depth of their assortment when in direct competition … with the acquirer, the latter increased their assortment. This suggests that variety is a strategic variable in retail …

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Firms and economic performance : a view from trade

Bonfiglioli, Alessandra; Crinò, Rosario; Gancia, Gino … - 2019

We use transaction-level US import data to compare firms from virtually all countries in the world competing in a single destination market. Guided by a simple theoretical framework, we decompose countries. market shares into the contribution of the number of firm-products, their average...

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Social distancing and risk taking : evidence from a team game show

Bourgeon, Jean-Marc; Sousa, José de; Noir-Luhalwe, Alexis - 2022

We examine the risky choices of pairs of contestants in a popular radio game show in France. At one point during the COVID-19 pandemic the show, held in person, had to switch to an all-remote format. We find that such an exogenous change in social context affected risk-taking behavior. Remotely,...

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Noblesse oblige? : determinants of survival in a life and death situation

Frey, Bruno S. (contributor); Savage, David A. (contributor) - 2008

This paper explored the determinants of survival in a life and death situation created by an external and unpredictable shock. We are interested to see whether pro-social behaviour matters in such extreme situations. We therefore focus on the sinking of the RMS Titanic as a quasi-natural...

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How do migrants choose their destination country? : an analysis of institutional determinants

Geis, Wido; Übelmesser, Silke; Werding, Martin - 2008

For a long time, migration has been subject to intensive economic research. Nevertheless, empirical evidence regarding the determinants of migration still appears to be incomplete. In this paper, we analyze the effects of socio-economic and institutional determinants, especially labor-market...

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Surviving the Titanic disaster : economic, natural and social determinants

Frey, Bruno S.; Savage, David A.; Torgler, Benno - 2009

The sinking of the Titanic in April 1912 took the lives of 68 percent of the people aboard. Who survived? It was women and children who had a higher probability of being saved, not men. Likewise, people traveling in first class had a better chance of survival than those in second and third...

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Offshoring along the production chain

Harms, Philipp; Lorz, Oliver; Urban, Dieter M. - 2009

Recent contributions on offshoring often assume that firms can freely split their production process into separate steps which can be ranked according to the cost savings from producing abroad. We replace this assumption by the notion of a technologically determined sequence of production steps....

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Central bank boards around the world : why does membership size differ?

Berger, Helge (contributor); Nitsch, Volker (contributor); … - 2007

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