Using continuous data from 2005-2016, the original purpose of this comprehensive research is to examine the relationships between mall-level sales per square foot and corporate performance. Through the use of discrete data, the alternative purpose of this research is to measure the overall...

The organized retail market growth in India is very low when compared to other countries. Modern retailing is not a threat in India as most of the customers have not stopped visiting kirana stores. Modern retailers are successful in attracting the customers with discounts, loyalty programmes,...

Theory predicts intense price competition when firms cluster with rivals. Yet, strong evidence of clustering is found in previous empirical research. Researchers typically measure clustering by comparing observed location patterns to random assignment. The random assignment benchmark does not,...

There is a substantial theoretical literature on the location of retail facilities in space assuming that the spatial demand curve is known, or that the ideal data needed to estimate such a curve is available. This study shows how to implement a formal location analysis for a retail activity...

We use an empirical model of commercial mortgage spreads to examine how tenant diversification impacts credit spreads for mortgages on retail properties. We find that mortgages on properties with a highly diversified tenant base have spreads that are up to 7.1 basis points higher than spreads on...

We survey the recent empirical literature on structural models of market entry and spatial competition in oligopoly retail industries. We start with the description of a framework that encompasses various models that have been estimated in empirical applications. We use this framework to discuss...

We study how the placement of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations impacts foot traffic at neighboring brick-and-mortar businesses. Our analysis focuses on the Tesla Supercharger network within the United States. We employ a differences-in-differences design, exploiting the staggered...