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Different Prices for Identical Products? Market Efficiency and the Virtual Location in B2C E-Commerce
Häring, Julia - 2003
This paper analyses market efficiency and the role of the virtual location in digital markets using a data set containing more than 23,000 price observations from the online market for contact lenses as well as detailed information about online retailer and product characteristics. The data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297335
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Different Prices for Identical Products? Market Efficiency and the Virtual Location in B2C E-Commerce
Häring, Julia - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2003
This paper analyses market efficiency and the role of the virtual location in digital markets using a data set containing more than 23,000 price observations from the online market for contact lenses as well as detailed information about online retailer and product characteristics. The data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098170
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Multimarket Contact and Collusion in Online Retail
Poppius, Hampus - 2020
When firms meet in multiple markets, they can leverage punishment ability in one market to sustain collusion in another. This is the first paper to test this theory for multiproduct retailers that sell consumer goods online. With data on the universe of consumer goods sold online in Sweden, I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208868
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Competition in pricing algorithms
Brown, Zach Y.; MacKay, Alexander - 2019
Increasingly, retailers have access to better pricing technology, especially in online markets. Firms employ automated … pricing algorithms that allow for high-frequency price changes. What are the implications for price competition? We develop a … model of price competition where firms can differ in pricing frequency and choose algorithms that autonomously react to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012175360
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The distributive trade sector and its impact on euro area prices
Cornille, D.; Langohr, J. - In: Economic Review (2011) III, pp. 35-52
distributive trade sector’s structural characteristics on price-setting behaviour, and the differences in price levels within each …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395539
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Regulation and competition in the distribution sector in Belgium
Baugnet, V.; Cornille, D.; Dhyne, E.; Robert, B. - In: Economic Review (2009) III, pp. 33-57
brand products in traditional retail outlets. Using detailed consumption price data from CityData and Eurostat, this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367061
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Impact of private label development across retail formats: Evidences from the Italian dairy market
Sckokai, Paolo; Soregaroli, Claudio - In: Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies - … 87 (2008) 2, pp. 27-47
In the European food sector private labels represent a relevant and increasing share of total sales. Focusing on price strategies, recent theoretical papers conclude that private label development should cause a decrease in the price of national brands, while some empirical studies do not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005011996
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Market Entry in E-Commerce
Kasy, Maximilian; Kummer, Michael - NET Institute - 2008
We analyze the behavior of start-ups in e-commerce, namely on Austria's leading price-comparison-site, a multi-product environment with almost complete information. We use weekly panel data on price-quotes of digicams, Audio/HiFi-equipment and hardware. We furthermore use advanced estimation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005459401
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Global Framework for Differential Pricing of Pharmaceuticals
Daems, Rutger; Maes, Edith; Ramani, Shyama V. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
This paper examines how equitable, differentiated pricing can improve access to and affordability of medicines …-based pricing techniques in combination with a non-linear function that captures national income parameters as defined in the Human … Development Index together with health system variables, the authors have developed an integrated pricing policy framework. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856414
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Advertising, Pricing & Market Structure in Competitive Matching Markets
Bataille, Edner; Julien, Benoit - EconWPA - 2005
This paper develops a model of pricing and advertising in a matching environment with capacity constrained sellers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076903