We approach the problem of estimating the long run response to the promotion of a storable good by incorporating dynamic elements into a static demand and supply model for use with store level data. The base demand model is a mixed logit that allows consumers to have heterogeneous preferences...

The research assesses how the two Big Eight mergers of 1989 affected the market for audit services. A data set of 1,978 firms over a 12-year period is used to test four theories of how the mergers could have affected competition and consumer welfare. The study finds that the mergers reduced the...

The unprecedented migration of Andersen's clients that followed Andersen's indictment in March 2002 potentially placed a large burden on successor auditors' audit resources. We refer to this strain, measured at the local-office level, as auditor capacity stress. We examine the effect of auditor...