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Table 4 Competition, external price shock, and price dispersion

From: Pass-through and competition: the impact of soft drink taxes as seen through Mexican supermarkets

Variables

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

log (price dispersion)

log (price dispersion)

log (price dispersion)

log (price dispersion)

Year2014

− 0.13*** [0.009]

− 0.17*** [0.011]

− 0.23*** [0.012]

− 0.23*** [0.014]

Competition

− 0.10*** [0.006]

− 0.08*** [0.008]

(Comp * y2014)

− 0.06*** [0.009]

− 0.06*** [0.010]

− 0.06*** [0.011]

− 0.05*** [0.013]

No. of observations

212,117

212,117

133,431

133,431

Establishment FE

No

Yes

No

Yes

(Brand X Pres) FE

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  1. Standard errors are clustered by establishment and presented in brackets ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1