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'Dinkies' and Housewives: The Regulation of Shopping Hours

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Thum, Marcel
Weichenrieder, Alfons

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The idea of deregulating shopping hours brings strong opposition from many groups in the society. Surprisingly, even many consumers oppose deregulation. This paper rationalizes this behavior by considering heterogeneous consumers who differ in their earnings abilities. If a majority of families has two income earners, long open hours become essential and the regulation of shopping hours tends to be eliminated. If most families are single income households, the regulation may be imposed in order to keep prices low. Taking the repercussions on the labor supply decision into account, multiple equilibria can be explained. Copyright 1997 by WWZ and Helbing & Lichtenhahn Verlag AG

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Article provided by Blackwell Publishing in its journal Kyklos.

Volume (Year): 50 (1997)
Issue (Month): 4 ()
Pages: 539-59
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  1. Jacobsen, Joyce P. & Kooreman, Peter, 2004. "Timing Constraints and the Allocation of Time: The Effects of Changing Shopping Hours Regulations in the Netherlands," IZA Discussion Papers 1309, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  2. Elbert Dijkgraaf & Raymond Gradus, 2007. "Explaining Sunday Shop Policies," De Economist, Springer, vol. 155(2), pages 207-219, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  3. Burda, Michael C., 2000. "Product Market Regulation and Labor Market Outcomes: How can Deregulation Create Jobs?," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
  4. E. Dijkgraaf & R.H.J.M. Gradus, . "Deregulating Sunday Shop Policies," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 06-003/3, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]
  5. Kosfeld, M., 1999. "Why shops close again : an evolutionary perspective on the deregulation of shopping hours," Research Memorandum 776, Tilburg University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration. [Downloadable!]
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