before the merger. While the low-variety target's stores reduced the depth of their assortment when in direct competition …We study the effect of a merger between two Dutch supermarket chains to assess its effect on the depth as well as … composition of assortment. We adopt a difference-in-differences strategy that exploits local variation in the merger's effects …

This paper empirically evaluates the price effects of the merger of two major book retail chains in the UK: Waterstone … information on a sample of 200 books sold in 60 stores in 50 different local markets for a period of four years around the merger …. Since retail mergers may have either local or national effects (or both) according to the level at which retail chains set …

This paper empirically evaluates the price effects of the merger of two major book retail chains in the UK: Waterstone … information on a sample of 200 books sold in 60 stores in 50 different local markets for a period of four years around the merger …. Since retail mergers may have either local or national effects (or both) according to the level at which retail chains set …

This paper empirically evaluates the effects of a merger between the two largest book retail chains in the UK. We build … difference-in-differences techniques to assess the impact of the merger. A key feature of the books market is that titles become … obsolete very quickly. Therefore, we compare different titles before and after the merger in an hedonic approach. Since retail …

This paper empirically evaluates the price effects of the merger of two major book retail chains in the UK: Waterstone … information on a sample of 200 books sold in 60 stores in 50 different local markets for a period of four years around the merger …. Since retail mergers may have either local or national effects (or both) according to the level at which retail chains set …

This paper analyzes the effects of a merger between a German supermarket chain and a soft discounter on consumer prices … indicate that both insiders and outsiders raised average prices after the merger, particularly in regions with high expected …

superstore entry reduce their product variety on average by 2.8 %. The shelf prices and average category prices of incumbent …-weighted indices which are prone to errors in such a setting. The findings suggest that retail chains use product variety as a …

This article examines the price effects of gasoline stations following a retail merger in 2022. Using detailed station …, but with regional differences. These regional differences cannot be explained by horizontal merger effects. Instead …, creating demand pressure on local refineries. The findings highlight the importance of vertical relationships in merger …