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Heterogeneous class size effects: new evidence from a panel of university students
Bandiera, Oriana; Larcinese, Valentino; Rasul, Imran - 2009
leading UK university, we present evidence on the effects of class size on students' test scores. We observe the same student …-linear class size effects controlling for unobserved heterogeneity of both individual students and faculty. We find that (i) at the … and largest ranges of class sizes and zero over a wide range of intermediate class sizes; (iii) students at the top of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269466
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International trade and retailing: Diversity versus accessibility and the creation of retail deserts
Eckel, Carsten - 2007
in retailing and leads to a consolidation in this industry. As a consequence, surviving retailers have larger catchment … areas and consumers have to travel longer distances for their errands. These adjustments in retailing create a trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300180
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300809
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Deregulation of shopping hours: The impact on independent retailers and chain stores
Wenzel, Tobias - 2010
This paper studies shopping hour decisions by retail chains and independent competitors. We use a Salop-type model where retailers compete in prices and shopping hours. Our results depend significantly on efficiency differences between retail chain and independent retailer. If the efficiency...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302574
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Imports and the structure of retail markets
Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas - 2011
, and that restrictions on retailing, as they occur in several countries, may significantly alter this transmission …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305877
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Deregulation in Retailing: The Dutch Experience
Carree, Martin; Nijkamp, Joyce - 1999
Institutional barriers to entry were removed to a considerable extent in 1996 in the Dutch retail sector. Three years before that the regulator decided to not take legal actions anymore against entrants violating institutional requirements. In the current analysis we investigate the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324397
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264598
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Buyer power in international markets
Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas - 2009
This paper investigates the implications for international markets of the existence of retailers/wholesalers with market power. Two main results are shown. First, in the presence of buyer power trade liberalization may lead to retail market concentration. Due to this concentration retail prices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276305
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Upfront payments and listing decisions
Baake, Pio; von Schlippenbach, Vanessa - 2008
We analyze the listing decisions of a retailer who may ask her suppliers to make upfront payments in order to be listed. We consider a sequential game with upfront payments being negotiated before short-term delivery contracts. We show that the retailer is more likely to use upfront payments the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276613
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Manufacturers and retailers in the global economy
Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas - 2011
We develop a general-equilibrium model to capture key features of the retailing and of the manufacturing industry in … shift in employment from manufacturing to retailing, the rise in retailer product assortment and the emergence of slotting … concentration is best explained by technological change in retailing. We also identify a novel benefit from market integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277350