Food prices and food affordability are important determinants of food choices, obesity and
non‐communicable diseases. As governments around the world consider policies to …

For exiting products, statistical agencies often impute inflation from surviving products. This
understates growth if creatively-destroyed products improve more than surviving ones. If so …

ABSTRACT I study how online competition, with its algorithmic pricing technologies and the
transparency of the Internet, can change the pricing behavior of large retailers and affect …

We use scanner data and time diaries to document how households substitute time for
money through shopping and home production. We document substantial heterogeneity in …

Our purpose is to review the economic impacts of Walmart's disruption of the food retailing
industry. This review synthesizes the extant knowledge and research findings related to the …

Non‐traditional retail outlets, including supercenters, warehouse club stores, and mass
merchandisers, have nearly doubled their share of consumer food‐at‐home expenditures in …

We estimate the effects of Wal-Mart stores on county-level retail employment and earnings,
accounting for endogeneity of the location and timing of Wal-Mart openings that most likely …

Wal-Mart is the largest retailer and the largest private employer in the United States. The
competitive pressures created by large retailers have long been controversial, and Wal …

I quantify the price effect of a low-cost entrant on retail prices using a case-study approach. I
consider the effect of Wal-Mart entry on average city-level prices of various consumer goods …

We document a change in household shopping behavior during the Great Recession.
Households purchased more on sale, larger sizes, and generic products and increased …