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050 00 $aHB1
100 1 $aHausman, Jerry A.
245 10 $aConsumer benefits from increased competition in shopping outlets$h[electronic resource] :$bmeasuring the effect of wal-mart /$cJerry Hausman, Ephraim Leibtag.
260 $aCambridge, MA :$bNational Bureau of Economic Research,$cc2005.
490 1 $aNBER working paper series ;$vworking paper 11809
538 $aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
538 $aMode of access: World Wide Web.
500 $aTitle from PDF file as viewed on 12/28/2005.
530 $aAlso available in print.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 3 $a"Consumers often benefit from increased competition in differentiated product settings. In this paper we consider consumer benefits from increased competition in a differentiated product setting: the spread of non-traditional retail outlets. In this paper we estimate consumer benefits from supercenter entry and expansion into markets for food. We estimate a discrete choice model for household shopping choice of supercenters and traditional outlets for food. We have panel data for households so we can follow their shopping patterns over time and allow for a fixed effect in their shopping behavior. We find the benefits to be substantial, both in terms of food expenditure and in terms of overall consumer expenditure. Low income households benefit the most"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
610 20 $aWal-Mart (Firm)
650 0 $aRetail trade$zUnited States.
650 0 $aOutlet stores$zUnited States.
650 0 $aCompetition$zUnited States.
700 1 $aLeibtag, Ephraim.
710 2 $aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830 0 $aWorking paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;$vworking paper no. 11809.
856 40 $uhttp://papers.nber.org/papers/W11809