Goldmanis, Maris; Hortaçsu, Ali; Syverson, Chad; Emre, … - In: Economic Journal 120 (2010) 545, pp. 651-682
This article examines the effect of the advent and diffusion of e-commerce on supply-side industry structure. We specify a general industry model involving consumers with differing search costs buying products from heterogeneous producers. We interpret e-commerce as a reduction in consumers'...