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 …

The rapid rise in sales over the Internet has generated debate over the taxation of such transactions since the buyers … the effects that local sales taxes have on Internet commerce. The results show that, controlling for many observable … characteristics, people who live in locations with high sales taxes are significantly more likely to buy things over the Internet. The …

This paper documents the rise of the Internet as a source of state-tax-free cigarettes and its impact on taxed sales … merged with data on Internet penetration, the paper documents that there has been a substantial increase in the sensitivity … of taxable cigarette sales to state tax rates that is correlated with the rise of Internet usage within states. The …