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International trade and retail market performance and structure : theory and empirical evidence
Meinen, Philipp; Raff, Horst - 2018
Based on a theoretical model featuring heterogeneous retailers that may source globally and operate as chains, we derive a number of hypotheses that link trade integration to retail firm performance and to the structure of retail markets. We empirically test these predictions using Danish...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011865020
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International trade and retail market performance and structure : theory and empirical evidence
Meinen, Philipp; Raff, Horst - 2018
Based on a theoretical model featuring heterogeneous retailers that may source globally and operate as chains, we derive a number of hypotheses that link trade integration to retail firm performance and to the structure of retail markets. We empirically test these predictions using Danish...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011860576
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International trade and retail market performance and structure : theory and empirical evidence
Meinen, Philipp; Raff, Horst - 2018
Based on a theoretical model featuring heterogeneous retailers that may source globally and operate as chains, we derive a number of hypotheses that link trade integration to retail firm performance and to the structure of retail markets. We empirically test these predictions using Danish...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011863627
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Market structure and market performance in e-commerce
Hackl, Franz; Kummer, Michael E.; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; … - 2012
We investigate the causal effect of market structure on market performance in the consumer electronics. We combine data from Austria's largest online site for price comparisons with retail data on wholesale prices provided by a major hardware producer for consumer electronics. We observe input...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009545821
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Market structure and market performance in e-commerce
Hackl, Franz; Kummer, Michael E.; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; … - 2014
We analyze the interaction between market structure and market performance and how it varies over the product cycle. To account for the potential endogeneity in this relation, we use an instrumental variable approach. We combine data from the largest Austrian online market for price comparisons...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010354542
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Inventory, sourcing, and the effects of trade costs : theory and empirical evidence
Muris, Chris; Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas; Stähler, Frank - 2023
We develop a dynamic model of inventory investment and trade to examine how firms adjust to changes in international trade costs when facing a risk of stockouts due to demand uncertainty and order lead times for imports. We study two strategies firms may use to avoid stockouts, namely holding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013536154
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International trade and retailing
Eckel, Carsten - 2009
account. I present a new model of retailing in general equilibrium and explore its implications for a number of different … shocks. The results demonstrate that retail assortments may remain constant if consumers have a low preference for diversity …, and that consumer prices can even rise if the retail density is sufficiently low. -- International trade ; retailing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824675
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International trade and retailing
Eckel, Carsten - 2009
account. I present a new model of retailing in general equilibrium and explore its implications for a number of different … shocks. The results demonstrate that retail assortments may remain constant if consumers have a low preference for diversity …, and that consumer prices can even rise if the retail density is sufficiently low. -- International Trade ; Retailing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003825274
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International trade and retailing : diversity versus accessibility and the creation of "retail deserts"
Eckel, Carsten (contributor) - 2007
; retailing ; diversity ; accessibility ; retail deserts …-off between diversity and accessibility, and international trade is not unambiguously welfare improving. -- international trade … this process. The analysis shows that by raising product diversity, international trade also raises the costs of provision …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003525568
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International Trade and Retailing
Eckel, Carsten - 2021
account. I present a new model of retailing in general equilibrium and explore its implications for a number of different … shocks. The results demonstrate that retail assortments may remain constant if consumers have a low preference for diversity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316385