We apply a simple method to study the relative quality of Chinese versus European products exported in the clothing sector after the end of the Multi-Fiber Arrangement. Based on the model of Foster et al (2008), we interpret the relative change of export prices and quantities sold in narrowly...

The purpose of patent policy is to balance the incentive to invent against the ability of the economy to utilize and incorporate new inventions and innovations. Substandard patents that upset this balance impose deadweight losses and other costs on the economy. In this paper, we examine some of...

Hypothetical bias is a persistent problem in stated preference studies. We propose and test a method for reducing hypothetical bias based on the cognitive dissonance literature in social psychology. A central element of this literature is that people prefer not to take inconsistent stands and...

The Italian regulatory authority is working towards the introduction of voltage quality regulation. To this end, it initiated a power quality measuring campaign and a study of customer costs. This paper summarizes the main results of these activities and provides evidence that economic losses...

Quality Function Deployment (QFD) has been used earlier in the design of curriculum of courses and various other aspects of imparting higher education. In this paper, we have shown the use of this concept in designing and discussing business case studies in imparting management education. It is...

Quality Function Deployment (QFD) initially evolved from the manufacturing organizations, but over the time has found applications in services of various kinds. Often, it is deemed as difficult to construct the QFD house of quality and perform the related calculations, especially by its...

We study consumer response towards sponsored search advertising and how to improve advertising performance on a large e-commerce platform. Our research design is based on a field experiment which randomizes the salience of ad disclosure to consumers, and a natural experiment which eradicates a...

Digital platforms sometimes offer incentives to a subset of sellers to nudge behavior, possibly affecting the behavior of all sellers in the equilibrium. In this paper, we study a policy change on a large e-commerce platform that offers financial incentives only to platform-certified sellers...