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Creative Destruction? Impact of E-Commerce on the Retail Sector
Chava, Sudheer; Oettl, Alexander; Singh, Manpreet; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Using an administrative payroll dataset for 2.6 million retail workers, we find that the staggered rollout of a major e-commerce firm's fulfillment centers reduces traditional retail workers' income in geographically proximate counties by 2.4%. Wages of hourly workers, especially part-time...
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Platform Information Provision and Consumer Search : A Field Experiment
Fang, Lu; Chen, Yanyou; Farronato, Chiara; Yuan, Zhe; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Despite substantial efforts to help consumers search in more intuitive ways, text search remains the predominant tool for product discovery online. In this paper, we explore the effects of visual and textual cues for search refinement on consumer search and purchasing behavior. We collaborate...
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Consumer Demand with Social Influences : Evidence from an E-Commerce Platform
Caoui, El Hadi; Farronato, Chiara; Horton, John J.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
For some kinds of goods, rarity itself is valued. "Fashionable'" goods are demanded in part because they are unique. In this paper, we explore the economics of rare goods using auctions of limited-edition shoes held by an e-commerce platform. We model endogenous entry and bidding in multi-unit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013362005
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Amazon Self-preferencing in the Shadow of the Digital Markets Act
Waldfogel, Joel - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Regulators around the world are discussing, or taking action to limit, self-preferencing by large platforms. This paper explores Amazon's search rankings of its own products as the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) was coming into effect. Using data on over 8 million Amazon search...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014528339
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Online Auctions
Ockenfels, Axel - 2006
The economic literature on online auctions is rapidly growing because of the enormous amount of freely available field data. Moreover, numerous innovations in auction-design features on platforms such as eBay have created excellent research opportunities. In this article, we survey the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465877
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Search, Obfuscation, and Price Elasticities on the Internet
Ellison, Glenn - 2004
We examine the competition between a group of Internet retailers that operate in an environment where a price search …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468123
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Economic Insights from Internet Auctions : A Survey
Bajari, Patrick - 2003
This paper surveys recent studies of Internet auctions. Four main areas of research are summarized. First, economists …'s curse. Third, we explore research about the role of reputation in online auctions. Finally, we discuss what Internet …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468618
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Geography and the Internet : Is the Internet a Substitute or a Complement for Cities?
Sinai, Todd - 2003
We study the tendency to connect to the Internet, and the online and offline shopping behavior of connected persons, to … draw inferences about whether the Internet is a substitute or a complement for cities. We document that larger markets have … content, suggesting the Internet is a complement to cities. Yet, holding local online content constant, people are less likely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468670
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Does Information Undermine Brand? Information Intermediary Use and Preference for Branded Web Retailers
Waldfogel, Joel - 2003
dataset on 1998-99 Internet shopping behavior and use of information intermediaries by over 30,000 households to examine … strategy and the evolution of market structure. If information weakens the pull of brand, then Internet retailing may grow less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468755
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Health Insurance on the Internet and the Economics of Search
Pauly, Mark V. - 2002
This paper explores the level and dispersion of premiums paid for individual health insurance by comparing asking price' data posted on an electronic insurance exchange with survey data on premiums actually paid in the period just before the advent of electronic exchanges. The primary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469408