Shopping hours and entry: An empirical anlysis of Aldi's opening hours

Arbeitspapier

Aldi, the biggest discounter in Germany, started to systematically extend shopping hours of its stores in 2016. We interpret the decision to extend opening hours of a specific Aldi store as entry into a new market. By using a novel data set containing the opening hours of nearly all German grocery retailers, we find that consumer and firm learning influence that decision. The presence of a nearby Aldi already opened longer increases the probability that a given Aldi extends its opening hours. However, if a nearby competitors store is short opened, the probability that Aldi extends opening hours decreases.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics ; No. 51-2017

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Firm Organization and Market Structure ; Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices ; Retail and Wholesale Trade; e-Commerce
• Thema: Shopping hours ; Retailing ; Coordination ; Market Entry

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): De Haas, Samuel ; Herold, Daniel ; Schäfer, Jan T.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Philipps-University Marburg, School of Business and Economics
• (wo): Marburg
• (wann): 2017

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/174347
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ