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On the validity of using webpage texts to identify the target population of a survey : an application to detect online platforms
Daas, Piet J. H.; Hassink, Wolter H. J.; Klijs, Bart - 2023
website. The model was subsequently used to identify all (potential) platform organizations with a website included in the … potential platform organizations from the entire population of businesses with a website. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013545833
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Consumer search costs and preferences on the internet
Jolivet, Grégory; Turon, Hélène - 2014
We analyse consumers' search and purchase decisions on an Internet platform. Using a rich dataset on all adverts posted and transactions made on a major French Internet platform (PriceMinister), we show evidence of substantial price dispersion among adverts for the same product. We also show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010436160
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To buy or not to buy? : price salience in an online shopping field experiment
Dertwinkel-Kalt, Markus; Köster, Mats; Sutter, Matthias - 2020
We examine whether shrouding or partitioning of a surcharge raises demand in online shopping. In a field experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012304829
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Conducting interactive experiments online
Arechar, Antonio A.; Gächter, Simon; Molleman, Lucas - 2017
. To this end, we conduct a repeated public goods experiment with and without punishment using samples from the laboratory … and the online platform Amazon Mechanical Turk. We chose to replicate this experiment because it is long and logistically … reducing dropout and show that, for our case study, dropouts are exogenous to the experiment. We conclude that data quality for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607542
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Quality and price setting of high-tech goods
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Talavera, Oleksandr; Nam Hoai Vu - 2021
thousands of price quotes from a popular price-comparison website, we find that market fundamentals, such as the number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419306
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Effects of e-commerce on local labor markets
Bauer, Anahid; Fernández Guerrico, Sofia - 2023
This paper studies the effect of e-commerce on local labor markets. We exploit cross-market variation in e-commerce price advantage stemming from the enactment of the Amazon Tax-state-level legislation that mandates state sales taxes collection to out-of-state online retailers. Introducing...
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Online versus in-person services : effects on patients and providers
Dahlstrand-Rudin, Amanda; Le Nestour, Nestor; Michaels, Guy - 2024
Online delivery of one-to-one services offers potential cost savings and increased convenience, yet relatively little is known about its impacts on providers and consumers. This paper studies the online delivery of healthcare, focusing on primary care doctor consultations. We use novel data from...
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American older adults in the time of COVID-19 : vulnerability types, aging attitudes, and emotional responses
Fu, Mingqi; Guo, Jing; Chen, Xi; Han, Boxun; Ahmed, Farooq - 2022
With 1582 respondents from the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS), this study investigates the heterogeneity in older adults' vulnerability and examines the relationship between vulnerability types, aging attitudes and emotional responses. International Positive and Negative Affect Schedule...
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The effect of deceptive advertising on consumption of the advertised good and its substitutes : the case of over-the-counter weight loss products
Cawley, John H.; Avery, Rosemary J.; Eisenberg, Matthew - 2013
This paper is the first to estimate the impact of exposure to deceptive advertising on consumption of the advertised product and its substitutes. We study the market for over-the-counter (OTC) weight-loss products, a market in which deceptive advertising is rampant and products are generally...
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Feeling good or feeling better?
Prati, Alberto; Senik-Leygonie, Claudia - 2020
Can people remember correctly their past well-being? We study three national surveys of the British, German and French population, where more than 50,000 European citizens were asked questions about their current and past life satisfaction. We uncover systematic biases in recalled subjective...
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