We study competition among a score of firms participating in an online market for a commodity computer component. Firms were able to adjust prices continuously; prices determined how the firms were ranked and listed (lowest price listed first), with better ranks contributing to firms' sales....

We study competition among a score of firms participating in an online market for a commodity-type memory module. Firms were able to adjust prices continuously; prices determined how the firms were ranked and listed (lowest price listed first), with better ranks contributing to firms' sales....

We study price dynamics for computer components sold on a price-comparison website. Our fine-grained data - a year of hourly price data for scores of rival retailers - allow us to estimate a dynamic model of competition, backing out structural estimates of managerial frictions. The estimated...

We study price dynamics for computer components sold on a price-comparison website. Our fine-grained data -- a year of hourly price data for scores of rival retailers -- allow us to estimate a dynamic model of competition, backing out structural estimates of managerial frictions. The estimated...

We study price dynamics for computer components sold on a price-comparison website. Our fine-grained data--a year of hourly price data for scores of rival retailers--allow us to estimate a dynamic model of competition, backing out structural estimates of managerial frictions. The estimated...

We study price dynamics for computer components sold on a price-comparison website. Our fine-grained data — a year of hourly price data for scores of rival retailers — allow us to estimate a dynamic model of competition, backing out structural estimates of managerial frictions. The estimated...