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We study how mandatory online disclosure of supermarket prices affects prices and price dispersion in brick …
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We study how mandatory online disclosure of supermarket prices affects prices and price dispersion in brick …
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We study how mandatory online disclosure of supermarket prices affects prices and price dispersion in brick …
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-markets and discounters in rural areas. The analysed data allows to reason a supermarket or discounter can still be accessed … a distance greater than 15 km to reach the supermarket or discounter next to their home. Nevertheless, by foot … %) needs more than 15 minutes by foot to reach the next supermarket or discounter. …
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This paper analyzes the effect of competition on a supermarket firm’s incentive to provide product quality. In the … supermarket industry, product availability is an important measure of quality. Using U.S. consumer price index microdata to track …
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This paper empirically examines the impact of entry by Wal-Mart on competition in the supermarket industry. Using a …
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This paper examines the evolution of the supermarket industry, from the birth of the chain store concept in the early …
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Unlike most retrospective merger studies that only focus on price effects, we also estimate the impact of a merger on product variety. We use an original dataset on Dutch supermarkets to assess the effect of a merger that was conditionally approved by the Dutch Competition Authority (ACM) on...
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This paper measures the impact of the entry of large supermarkets on incumbents of various sizes. Contrary to the conventional notion that big stores drive small rivals out of the market, data from Tokyo in the 1990s show that large supermarkets' entry induces the exit of existing large and...
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I use a unique data set of retail food prices to analyze mergers between supermarket chains. The data allow for an …
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