The Dynamics of Entry, Exit and Profitability: An Error Correction Approach for the Retail Industry

Martin Carree and Roy Thurik

Small Business Economics, 1994, vol. 6, issue 2, 107-16

Abstract: We develop a two equation error correction model to investigate determinants of and dynamic interaction between changes in profits and number of firms in retailing. An explicit distinction is made between the effects of actual competition among incumbents, new firms competition, and potential competition from firms outside the market. Effects of cost, demand and general income changes on profitability are investigated to gain insight in the role of retailing in the cost, demand and wage inflationary process. The relative importance of profitability, growth and unemployment as determinants of net entry are studied. The model is tested using a panel data set of 36 Dutch shoptypes covering the 1977-1988 period. Copyright 1994 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

Date: 1994
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