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reputation system on market outcomes. We consider both a structured measure summarized in a numerical reputation score and a … buyers trade off reputation (both structured and unstructured) and price and are willing to accept higher bids posted by more … reputable bidders. Sellers also respond to changes in their own reputation through three different channels. They increase their …
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experiences lower. Furthermore, our study is closely linked to the emerging literature of attribution bias in economics and … psychology and provides a scenario in which we can empirically test two leading theories of attribution bias. In our paper, we … restaurants on special occasions. This result can be explained by one theory of attribution bias according to which people have …
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We analyse consumers' search and purchase decisions on an Internet platform. Using a rich dataset on all adverts posted … and transactions made on a major French Internet platform (PriceMinister), we show evidence of substantial price …'s reputation) by another available advert. To explain the transactions observed on the platform, we derive and estimate a …
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We analyse consumers' search and purchase decisions on an Internet platform. Using a rich dataset on all adverts posted … and transactions made on a major French Internet platform (PriceMinister), we show evidence of substantial price …'s reputation) by another available advert. To explain the transactions observed on the platform, we derive and estimate a …
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-to-one customization. Hence, we show evidence the Internet acts as a substitute to brick-and-mortar stores for households in relative …
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which firms slant their reports toward the prior beliefs of their customers in order to build a reputation for quality. Bias … quality when its reports conform to the consumer's prior expectations. We use this fact to build a model of media bias in … emerges in our model even though it can make all market participants worse off. The model predicts that bias will be less …
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Expenditure visibility—the extent to which a household's spending on a consumption category is noticeable to others—is measured in three new surveys, with ~3,000 telephone and online respondents. Visibility shows little change across time (ten years) and survey methods. Four different...
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Diffusion of microgeneration technologies, particularly rooftop photovoltaic (PV), represents a key option in reducing emissions in the residential sector. We use a uniquely rich dataset from the burgeoning residential PV market in Texas to study the nature of the consumer's decision-making...
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We show that prior lifetime experiences can "scar" consumers. Consumers who have lived through times of high unemployment exhibit persistent pessimism about their future financial situation and spend significantly less, controlling for the standard life-cycle consumption factors, even though...
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We evaluate the effectiveness of energy efficiency labeling in guiding household appliance choice decisions. Using a carefully designed choice experiment with several alternative labeling treatments, we disentangle the relative importance of different types of information and intertemporal...
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