Local Retail Prices, Product Varieties and Neighborhood Change

Felipe Carozzi, Fernando Borraz, Nicolas Gonzalez-Pampillon and Leandro Zipitria

No 16371, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: We study how differences in retail prices within a city are affected by changes in local housing markets. Our empirical strategy is based on an exogenous shift in the spatial distribution of construction activity induced by a large-scale, place-based tax exemption in the city of Montevideo. We provide differences-in-differences and instrumental variable estimates showing that the price of retail goods decreases in areas within the city that experience more residential development. We use a multi-product model of imperfect competition to relate this change to an expansion in either product varieties or firm entry. We report evidence in support of the varieties channel, with new development causing an increase in varieties available locally. Our results have implications for urban planning policy and the broader discussion about winners and losers from neighborhood change.

Keywords: Retail prices; Housing supply; Neighborhood change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R23 R30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-07
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