A model of franchising competition in locationally differentiated products is constructed. A franchisor (upstream firm …(commonly called quot;franchising feequot;) from each franchisee. Acting in the first stage, a franchisor can manipulate the degree of … franchising regime …

This paper combines 530 digitized franchising contracts at the franchise chain level with employer-identified job ads … from Burning Glass Technologies to establish stylized facts about franchising labor markets and their relation to the …-poaching Clauses, among many others, to a low-wage workforce. A legal regime that favors the franchising business model incentivizes …