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Revenues as a Proxy for Profits: A Cautionary Note

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Daunfeldt, Sven-Olov () (The Swedish Retail Institute (HUI))
Rudholm, Niklas () (The Swedish Retail Institute (HUI))

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In the entry literature, researchers sometimes use revenues as a proxy for profits because this is the only data available. Doing so could seriously bias the results.

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Paper provided by The Swedish Retail Institute (HUI) in its series HUI Working Papers with number 5.

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Date of creation: 01 Jan 2006
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Keywords: Entry; wholesale trade; retail trade; negative binomial regression;

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L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
L81 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Retail and Wholesale Trade; e-Commerce

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  1. Sven-olov Daunfeldt & Niklas Rudholm & Fredrik Bergström, 2006. "Entry into Swedish Retail and Wholesale Trade Markets," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer, vol. 29(3), pages 213-225, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Daunfeldt, Sven-Olov & Orth, Matilda & Rudholm, Niklas, 2005. "Entry into Local Retail Food Markets in Sweden: A Real-Options Approach," Working Papers in Economics 170, Göteborg University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Fiona M. Scott Morton, 1999. "Entry Decisions in the Generic Pharmaceutical Industry," Yale School of Management Working Papers ysm119, Yale School of Management. [Downloadable!]
  4. Fiona M. Scott Morton, 1999. "Entry Decisions in the Generic Pharmaceutical Industry," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 30(3), pages 421-440, Autumn. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Geroski, P. A., 1995. "What do we know about entry?," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 13(4), pages 421-440, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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