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 … chains’ response to changes in local competition. …

We study a platform's design of membership and transaction fees when sellers compete and buyers cannot observe the … prices and features of goods without incurring search costs. The platform alleviates sellers' competition by charging them …

competition. Pass-through of the VAT reduction was higher in product groups with a large number of competing products. We …

-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 …

We investigate the effect of competition on quality in regulated markets (e.g., health care, higher education, public … to the steady state. While fiercer competition (lower transportation costs or less sluggish demand) leads to higher … quality in both solutions, the quality response to increased competition is weaker when players use feedback strategies …

We analyse how state university competition to collect resources may affect both research and the quality of teaching … a higher teaching quality but pay higher tuition fees. -- university competition ; research ; tuition fees …

multimarket contact generates mutual forbearance in frequency competition, finding no evidence for such an effect. -- airlines …