before the merger. While the low-variety target's stores reduced the depth of their assortment when in direct competition … chains’ response to changes in local competition. …

-price target’s stores reduced the depth of their assortment when in direct competition with the acquirer's stores, the latter … offerings in order to avoid cannibalization and lessen local competition. Further, we show that other dimensions of … heterogeneity, such as market concentration, whether a divestiture was imposed by the Dutch competition authority, and the re …

explain them. We then describe a theoretical framework of endogenous markups, innovation, and competition that can potentially …

subsidies complied with EU state aid rules, both in terms of effectiveness and competition. …

extent of competition from substitute products. I estimate that, in 2019, public corporations produced consumer surplus in …

competition environments affect product prices. Using big data, we find that price variations are caused mainly by differential … competitive environments. More specifically, we find that Brand Competition Within Stores exerts the largest downward pressure on … prices. A 10 percent increase in the number of brands reduces prices by about 10 percent. Product Competition Within Stores …

at the party level is inversely correlated with uncertainty-based measures of electoral competition, suggesting that … movements in long run ENP closer to 2 are an indicator of more rather than less electoral competition. …