competition environments affect product prices. Using big data, we find that price variations are caused mainly by differential … competitive environments. More specifically, we find that Brand Competition Within Stores exerts the largest downward pressure on … prices. A 10 percent increase in the number of brands reduces prices by about 10 percent. Product Competition Within Stores …

improves consumer information and increases the intensity of price competition …

before the merger. While the low-variety target's stores reduced the depth of their assortment when in direct competition … chains’ response to changes in local competition. …

Based on the geo-referenced data, I analyse the commuting behaviour of employees in Germany. With the help of a …

The population of Germany will be one of the first in the western hemisphere to undergo considerable permanent … level of Germany's metropolitan areas. It highlights asymmetric price reactions: growth in population numbers has no …

The population of Germany will be one of the first in the western hemisphere to undergo considerable permanent … level of Germany's metropolitan areas. It highlights asymmetric price reactions: growth in population numbers has no …