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Unternehmenszusammenschlüsse im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel verringern die Produktvielfalt

Duso, Tomaso; Argentesi, Elena; Buccirossi, Paolo; … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 83 (2016) 1, pp. 11-22

mergers and acquisitions among already powerful retail chains. These considerationslead antitrust authorities to very … study for the Dutch Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM), we examined the effects of a series of three national mergers in the … mergers did not have significant effects on prices. However, we find that the last mergersignificantly reduced the depth of …

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The effect of retail mergers on prices and variety: An ex-post evaluation

Argentesi, Elena; Buccirossi, Paolo; Cervone, Roberto; … - 2016

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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The effect of mergers on variety in grocery retailing

Argentesi, Elena; Buccirossi, Paolo; Cervone, Roberto; … - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 79 (2021), pp. 1-19

We study a merger between two Dutch supermarket chains to assess its effect on the depth as well as composition of assortment. We adopt a difference-in-differences strategy that exploits local variation in pre-merger competitive conditions and thus in the merger outcomes. To define our control...

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Price or variety? An evaluation of mergers effects in grocery retailing

Argentesi, Elena; Buccirossi, Paolo; Cervone, Roberto; … - 2018

Assortment decisions are key strategic instruments for firms responding to local market conditions. We assess this claim by studying the effect of a national merger between two large Dutch supermarket chains on prices and on the depth as well as composition of assortment. We adopt a...

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