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Retail Markups and Discount-Store Entry

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  • Lauren Chenarides

    (Colorado State University)

  • Miguel I. Gómez

    (Cornell University)

  • Timothy J. Richards

    (Arizona State University)

  • Koichi Yonezawa

    (University of Bristol)

Abstract

“Hard discounters” are retail formats that set retail food prices even lower than existing discount formats, such as Walmart and Target. Offering limited assortments and focusing on store-brands, these formats promise to change the competitive landscape of food retailing. In this paper, we study the effect of entry of one hard-discount format on markups earned by existing retail stores, focusing on several important grocery markets across the Eastern U.S. Focusing on establishment-level profitability, we estimate store-level markups using the production-side approach of De Loecker and Warzynski (Am Econ Rev 102(6):2437–2471). We find that hard-discounter entry reduced markups for incumbment retailers by 7.3% relative to markups in non-entry markets. These results indicate that the net effect of hard-discounter entry reduces the overall level of store profitability—despite the somewhat higher sales realized by incumbent retailers.

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  • Lauren Chenarides & Miguel I. Gómez & Timothy J. Richards & Koichi Yonezawa, 2024. "Retail Markups and Discount-Store Entry," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer;The Industrial Organization Society, vol. 64(1), pages 147-181, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:revind:v:64:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1007_s11151-023-09926-w
    DOI: 10.1007/s11151-023-09926-w
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