The internet has dramatically reduced the cost of varying prices, displays and information provided to consumers …

This paper analyses the rapid diffusion of the Internet across the United States over the past decade for both … households and firms. We put the Internet's diffusion into the context of economic diffusion theory where we consider costs and … benefits on the demand and supply side. We also discuss several pictures of the Internet's physical presence using some of the …

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

To identify the determinants of cross-country disparities in personal computer and Internet penetration, we examine a … significant in most specifications for computer use. A similar pattern holds true for Internet use, except that telephone density … differentials. For computers, telephone density and regulatory quality are of second and third importance, while for the Internet …

Mediating transactions through the Internet removes important cues that salespeople can use to assess a consumer …'s willingness to pay. We analyze whether dealers' difficulty in identifying consumer characteristics on the Internet and consumers … discrimination. The second part of the paper turns to the role of the Internet. Online minority buyers who use the Internet Referral …

Computer and Internet use, especially in developing countries, has expanded rapidly in recent years. Even in light of … Internet penetration, both currently and over time, we examine panel data for 161 countries over the 1999-2004 period. We … factors associated with computer and Internet penetration do not differ substantially between developed and developing …

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 …

-2003, immigrants were significantly less likely to have access to or use a computer and the Internet. Moreover, the gap in IT usage …

Computer and Internet use, especially in developing countries, has expanded rapidly in recent years. Even in light of … Internet penetration, both currently and over time, we examine panel data for 161 countries over the 1999-2004 period. We … factors associated with computer and Internet penetration do not differ substantially between developed and developing …