The Effect of Retail Chain Expansions on Local Small Businesses: The Case of Dollar General in Florida

Replication Materials for "The Effect of Retail Chain Expansions on Local Small Businesses: The Case of Dollar General in Florida"
This repository provides the R scripts and supporting materials to replicate the methodology presented in the paper "The Effect of Retail Chain Expansions on Local Small Businesses: The Case of Dollar General in Florida." The study employs difference-in-differences methods and staggered event models to explore the impact of Dollar General store openings on neighboring small firms in Florida.

Data and Replication
The analysis is based on the National Establishment Time-Series (NETS) Database, a proprietary product licensed from Walls & Associates. Under our data use agreement, we are prohibited from redistributing the raw dataset.

To ensure methodological transparency and demonstrate the functionality of our code, we have created and included a simulated dataset. While this simulated data will not reproduce the exact numerical findings of the paper, it is designed to mimic the structure of the original data. Its purpose is to allow users to run the provided R scripts for data processing and analysis from start to finish, confirming that the code works as intended.

Researchers who wish to fully replicate the paper's results must license the NETS database directly from the provider and apply our provided scripts.