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Multichannel Spillovers from a Factory Store
Qian, Yi - 2014
We study how the opening of a factory store impacts a retailer's demand in its other channels. It is possible that a factory store may damage a retailer's brand image and lead to substitution away from its higher quality core channels. Alternatively, the opening of a factory store may have...
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Are Online and Offline Prices Similar? Evidence from Large Multi-Channel Retailers
Cavallo, Alberto - 2016
Online prices are increasingly being used for a variety of inflation measurement and research applications, yet little is know about their relation to prices collected offline, where most retail transactions take place. This paper presents the results of the first large-scale comparison of...
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The Strategic Positioning of Store Brands in Retailer - Manufacturer Bargaining
Scott Morton, Fiona M.; Zettelmeyer, Florian - 2021
We argue in this paper that retailers can strategically position store brands in product space to strengthen their bargaining position when negotiating supply terms with manufacturers of national brands. Using a bargaining framework we model a retailer's decision whether to carry an additional...
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Economies of Density in E-Commerce : A Study of Amazon's Fulfillment Center Network
Houde, Jean-François - 2017
We examine the economies of density associated with the expansion of Amazon's distribution network from 2006 to 2018. We demonstrate that, in placing a fulfillment center in a new state, Amazon faces a trade-off between the revenue implications of exposing local customers to sales tax on their...
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Channels of Impact : User Reviews When Quality is Dynamic and Managers Respond
Chevalier, Judith A. - 2017
We examine the effect of managerial response on consumer voice in a dynamic quality environment. We argue that, in this environment, the consumer is motivated to write reviews by, in addition to altruism, the possibility that the reviews will impact the quality of the service directly. We...
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Free Riding and Sales Strategies for the Internet
Carlton, Dennis W.; Chevalier, Judith A. - 2022
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 retailers can free ride off of that promotional effort. This...
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Trust in Public Institutions Over the Business Cycle
Stevenson, Betsey - 2011
the most suffered the biggest loss in confidence in institutions, particularly in trust in government and the financial … sector. Finally, analysis of several repeated cross-sections of confidence within U.S. states yields similar qualitative …
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The Organization of Firms Across Countries
Bloom, Nicholas - 2012
We argue that social capital as proxied by regional trust and the Rule of Law can improve aggregate productivity through facilitating greater firm decentralization. We collect original data on the decentralization of investment, hiring, production and sales decisions from Corporate Head Quarters...
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Financial Literacy, Retirement Planning, and Household Wealth
van Rooij, Maarten - 2011
There is ample empirical evidence documenting widespread financial illiteracy and limited pension knowledge. At the same time, the distribution of wealth is widely dispersed and many workers arrive on the verge of retirement with few or no personal assets. In this paper, we investigate the...
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Confidence and the Transmission of Government Spending Shocks
Bachmann, Ruediger - 2011
There seems to be a widespread belief among economists, policy-makers, and members of the media that the "confidence … augmented to include empirical measures of consumer or business confidence. We also estimate non-linear VAR specifications to … allow for differential impacts of government spending in "normal'' times versus recessions. In normal times confidence does …
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