We study the effect of entry on the price distribution in the German retail gasoline market. Exploiting more than 700 … entries over five years in an event study design, we find that entry causes a persistent first-order stochastic shift in the … to 12% of stations’ gross margins. Consumers with easy access to information on prices gain the most from entry. The …

This paper investigates the effects of mergers, entry, and exit in retail markets when input prices are negotiated …

collateralizable housing wealth in a region delays chains' entry into franchising by 0.28 years on average, 9 percent of the average …

is associated with a delay in chains' entry into franchising by 0.33 years on average, or 10 percent of the average …

to advertising decreases revenues and entry in the free-to-air regime. In contrast, in the pay-TV regime, lower income …

not "too" convex. As in the case of unit demand, the number of firms under free entry decreases in the fixed cost of entry … optimal level. Insufficient entry occurs when the fixed and transportation costs are high. -- Spatial Models ; Price …-Dependent Demand ; Horizontal Product Differentiation ; Demand Elasticity ; Excess Entry Theorem …