of commercialization (entry or sale) in network industries showing that high equilibrium acquisition prices are driven by … acquisition relative to entry. A policy enforcing strict compatibility leads to more entry, but can be counterproductive by …

between market size and entry. …

technology to evaluate the impact of entry regulations on variety and long-run profits in Swedish retail. Using rich data on … stores and product categories, we find that more liberal entry regulation increases productivity and decreases the adjustment … costs of variety. Counterfactual simulations of modest liberalizations of entry incentivize incumbents to offer more product …

a dynamic structural model to evaluate the role of local market entry regulations in the productivity of retail trade … results show that more liberal entry regulations increase future productivity and that the increase in productivity is larger …

We use a dynamic oligopoly model of entry and exit with store-type differentiation to evaluate how entry regulations … demand, recover variable profits, and estimate entry costs and fixed costs by store type. Counterfactual policy experiments … show that welfare increases when competition is enhanced by lower entry costs. Protecting small stores by imposing …