Explaining Sunday Shop Policies |
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| Authors: | Elbert Dijkgraaf Raymond Gradus |
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| Institution: | (1) SEOR-ECRi, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;(2) Tinbergen Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Room H 7-34, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands;(3) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;(4) Erasmus University Rotterdam (ECRi), Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Summary Sunday shop opening is deregulated to the municipal level in the Netherlands. Despite positive effects on economic growth
and employment, many municipalities restrict Sunday shop opening. Based on 2003 data we will show that diverse local characteristics,
as the size of municipalities and religious and political affiliation, play a major role in decisions about Sunday shop opening.
The evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that municipal control results in a considerable variation in policies. As
this variation is related to significant differences between municipalities, reasons exist to decentralize the decision on
Sunday shopping opening.
We thank A.M.W. Wojcik and the CBS for providing some of the data and two anonymous referees, M. Goos, J.S. Ferris and B.
Melenberg for comments on an earlier version. |
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| Keywords: | economic regulation decentralization Sunday opening |
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