led the merging parties to reposition their assortment and increase average category prices. While the low-variety and low … increased their product variety. By analyzing the effect of the merger on category prices, we find that the target most likely …Assortment decisions are key strategic instruments for firms responding to local market conditions. We assess this …

before the merger. While the low-variety target's stores reduced the depth of their assortment when in direct competition … composition of assortment. We adopt a difference-in-differences strategy that exploits local variation in the merger's effects … with the acquirer, the latter increased their assortment. This suggests that variety is a strategic variable in retail …

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 prices and the depth of assortment. We find that the merger did not affect … effect is mainly driven by a reduction in variety for stores that were not re-branded after the merger, suggesting that the …

led the merging parties to reposition their assortment and increase average category prices. While the low-variety and low … increased their product variety. By analyzing the effect of the merger on category prices, we find that the target most likely …Assortment decisions are key strategic instruments for firms responding to local market conditions. We assess this …

assortment. We adopt a difference-in-differences strategy that exploits local variation in pre-merger competitive conditions and … procedure. We observe that, after the merger, the assortment of the merging parties converges in markets where they are not … areas where they directly competed before the merger. While the target’s stores reduce the depth of their assortment when in …

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 prices and the depth of assortment. We find that the merger did not affect … effect is mainly driven by a reduction in variety for stores that were not re-branded after the merger, suggesting that the …

merger’s effects, controlling for selection on observables when defining our control group through a matching procedure. We … led the merging parties to reposition their assortment and increase average category prices. While the low-variety and low … increased their product variety. By analyzing the effect of the merger on category prices, we find that the target most likely …

composition of assortment. We adopt a difference-in-differences strategy that exploits local variation in the merger’s effects … before the merger. While the low-variety target’s stores reduced the depth of their assortment when in direct competition … with the acquirer, the latter increased their assortment. This suggests that variety is a strategic variable in retail …