Department Chair
Frederick Floss, Ph.D.
Date of Award
5-2018
Access Control
Open Access
Degree Name
Applied Economics, M.A.
Department
Economics and Finance Department
Advisor
Eugene Chaas, M.A., C.F.A.
Department Home page
http://economics.buffalostate.edu/
First Reader
Eugene Chaas, M.A., C.F.A.
Second Reader
Frederick Floss, Ph.D.
Third Reader
Theodore Byrley, Ph.D., C.F.A.
Abstract
The growth of e-retail has been a major discussion in the shopping characteristics of contemporary society. This has been a major concern as people strive to relate the exponential growth of online shopping to the recent decline in the growth of shopping malls. Various studies have significantly investigated the growth of online shopping and have always mentioned the impact of online shopping on shopping malls to be a negative one. This study focuses on testing that hypothesis. By exploring the possible relationship between certain factors such as the number of shopping malls and the percentage increase in online shopping retail, this study performs an analysis to prove this common assertion that online shopping negatively impacts shopping malls. The study uses Amazon online shopping company as a representation of the entire online shopping platform in the US. The analysis is carried via multiple linear regressions on the online shopping characteristics and those of the shopping malls.
Recommended Citation
Yan, Xaioxing, "Impact of Online Shopping on Shopping Malls" (2018). Applied Economics Theses. 29.
https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/economics_theses/29
