High-speed internet has increased the amount of information available in health care markets. Online information may … improve health outcomes if it reduces information frictions and helps patients choose higher quality providers or causes … providers to improve quality. We examine how health outcomes for common procedures in Medicare changed after broadband internet …

reduction in search costs on the Internet relative to the physical channel would cause both price and price dispersion to fall …

We examine manufacturers' decisions of whether and how to offer their products for sale over the internet …. Manufacturers that rely on promotion of their products by brick and mortar retailers must consider the possibility that internet … their products over the internet and to control the pricing of their products over the internet. We examine three categories …

The Internet has the potential to significantly reduce search costs by allowing consumers to engage in low-cost price … comparisons online. This paper provides empirical evidence on the impact that the rise of Internet comparison shopping sites has … group using the Internet reduces average insurance prices for the group by as much as 5 percent. Further evidence indicates …

This paper investigates the effect of Internet car referral services on dealer pricing of automobiles in California …