The Effect of Wal-Mart Supercenters on Grocery Prices in New England
| dc.creator | Volpe, Richard J., III | |
| dc.creator | Lavoie, Nathalie | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T20:05:32Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T03:26:56Z | |
| dc.description | This study analyzes the effect of the presence of Wal-Mart Supercenters on the prices at conventional supermarkets in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Using price indexes constructed from primary price data on a basket of 54 goods and holding several demographics and market conditions constant, we determine that Supercenters result in a 7.79% average price reduction in national brand goods and a 6.38% average price reduction in private label goods. Wal-Mart Supercenters also price their groceries on average 15.65% lower than supermarkets competing with Supercenters and 22.28% lower than supermarkets geographically distant from Supercenters. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.19188 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/19188/files/sp05vo03.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/19188 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/532718 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/19188 | |
| dc.title | The Effect of Wal-Mart Supercenters on Grocery Prices in New England | |
| dc.type | Text |