The impact of the internet on retail competition : evidence from technological differences in internet access

Georg Gebhardt

Does the internet increase competition? To address this question, I exploit two institutional details unique to Germany: (1) Some municipalities received glass fibre cables that cannot be upgraded to DSL; I use these municipalities as a treatment group with reduced online competition. (2) German law mandates resale price maintenance for books; I compare three retailing sectors, electronics (price competition), books (no price competition), and food (no online sales), to identify the effect of price competition: The effect of price competition is highly significant. Full broadband access reduces offline electronics retailers' producer rents by 1.5 percent per year from 1999 to 2007.

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Gebhardt, Georg
Publisher:	Mannheim [u.a.] : Sonderforschungsbereich/Transregio 15
Subject:	Internet; Market Structure \| Retail Competition \| Differences in Differences \| Internet \| Online-Handel \| Online retailing \| Marktstruktur \| Market structure \| Einzelhandel \| Retail trade \| Preiswettbewerb \| Price competition \| Breitbandkommunikation \| Broadband communications \| Schätzung \| Estimation \| Deutschland \| Germany \| 1999-2007

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (28 S., 442 KB) graph. Darst., Kt.
Series:	Discussion papers / Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems. - Bonn : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2499250-1. - Vol. 345
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/93915 [Handle]
Classification:	D43 - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection ; L81 - Retail and Wholesale Trade; Warehousing ; L13 - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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