into an entry barrier, protecting the position of an inefficient incumbent; or that, conversely, they can make it possible …

In this paper we study the behavior of rivals when there is a known probability of imminent entry. Experimental markets … are used to collect data on pre- and post-entry production when there is an announced time of possible entry; some markets … experience entry and other do not. In all pre-entry markets competition is more intense. Post-entry behavior in all markets is …

significantly increased in the municipalities receiving aid. This additional entry decreased average prices. Therefore, the …

We analyze the impact of overconfidence on the timing of entry in markets, profits, and welfare using an extension of …

large supermarkets (hypermarkets). The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect on prices of the entry of a large … dependent variable is the price of a bundle of 52 food products in each city relative to Santiago. We find that the entry of a …

1996-2004. Our results indicate that the entry of large retailers produces a discrete increase in employment in the … commerce sector in the quarter that the entry occurs. We also find that there is an additional positive effect on employment … throughout the year entry occurs, suggesting that suppliers or other parts of the chain of production follow the large retailer …

This paper analyzes the impact of overconfidence on the timing of entry in markets, profits, and welfare. To do that …

This paper examines the effect of entry of large foreign retailers on local employment at the city level. Using a panel … data for the period 2000-2006, we find that entry of large retailers largely increases employment in wholesale and retail … sector and other related sector in the year of entry. The positive effect on employment in wholesale and retail sector …

In industries with network effects, incumbents’ installed bases create barriers to entry that discourage entrepreneurs … from developing new innovations. Yet, entry is not the only commercialization route for entrepreneurs. We show that the … necessarily restrict innovation incentives. We also show that network effects promote acquisitions over entry and that the …