Mom-and-Pop Meet Big-Box: Complements or Substitutes? / John C. Haltiwanger, Ron S. Jarmin, C. J. Krizan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haltiwanger, John C.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Jarmin, Ron S.

Krizan, C. J.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w15348.

NBER working paper series no. w15348

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Mom-and-Pop Meet Big-Box

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2009.

Summary:

In part due to the popular perception that Big-Boxes displace smaller, often family owned (a.k.a. Mom-and-Pop) retail establishments, several empirical studies have examined the evidence on how Big-Boxes' impact local retail employment but no clear consensus has emerged. To help shed light on this debate, we exploit establishment-level data with detailed location information from a single metropolitan area to quantify the impact of Big-Box store entry and growth on nearby single unit and local chain stores. We incorporate a rich set of controls for local retail market conditions as well as whether or not the Big-Boxes are in the same sector as the smaller stores. We find a substantial negative impact of Big-Box entry and growth on the employment growth at both single unit and especially smaller chain stores - but only when the Big-Box activity is both in the immediate area and in the same detailed industry.

Notes:

Print version record

September 2009.