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Despite substantial efforts to help consumers search in more intuitive ways, text search remains the predominant tool for product discovery online. In this paper, we explore the effects of visual and textual cues for search refinement on consumer search and purchasing behavior. We collaborate...
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This paper examines the price impact and the predictability of the exchange rate movement using the transaction data … contemporaneous impact of order flows on the quote and deal prices are analyzed. Second, the price predictability is examined. Our …-statistics become larger as the prediction window becomes shorter. Price impacts of deals at one side of the market are significant but …
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Sellers in eBay auctions have the opportunity to choose both a public minimum bid amount and a secret reserve price. We …, deterring serious bidders from entering the auction, and lowering the expected transaction price of the auction. We also present …
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rate. Multiple margins of adjustment (frequency of price changes, direction of price changes, size of price changes, exit … our dataset to show that degree of competition, stickiness of prices, synchronization of price changes, reputation of … sellers, and returns to search effort are important determinants of pass-through and speed of price adjustment for …
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Using an administrative payroll dataset for 2.6 million retail workers, we find that the staggered rollout of a major e-commerce firm's fulfillment centers reduces traditional retail workers' income in geographically proximate counties by 2.4%. Wages of hourly workers, especially part-time...
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For some kinds of goods, rarity itself is valued. "Fashionable'" goods are demanded in part because they are unique. In this paper, we explore the economics of rare goods using auctions of limited-edition shoes held by an e-commerce platform. We model endogenous entry and bidding in multi-unit...
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Regulators around the world are discussing, or taking action to limit, self-preferencing by large platforms. This paper …
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Online platforms often face challenges being both fair (i.e., non-discriminatory) and efficient (i.e., maximizing revenue). Using computer vision algorithms and observational data from a microlending marketplace, we find that choices made by borrowers creating online profiles impact both of...
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We study e-commerce across 47 economies and 26 industries during the COVID-19 pandemic using aggregated and anonymized transaction-level data from Mastercard, scaled to represent total consumer spending. The share of online transactions in total consumption increased more in economies with...
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Global e-commerce platforms present new export opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries by significantly lowering the entry barriers of exporting. However, the lack of market selection can lead to a large number of online firms competing for consumers'...
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