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It is well known that the Internet has significantly reduced consumers'search costs online. But relatively little is known about how searchcosts affect consumer demand structure in online markets. In this paper,we identify the impact of search costs on firm competition and marketstructure by...
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I present a model to assess the impact of demand-side factors on theconcentration of sales within large product assortments. Consumers facea search problem within an assortment of horizontally differentiatedproducts supplied by a monopolist. They may search for a product matchby drawing products...
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This dissertation comprises three essays that study online demand coming from local offline markets. In the first essay, I study two social influence effects reflected in physical proximity and in demographic similarity, respectively, on online demand evolution. As these effects can be...
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The increased importance of fragmentation in world trade has created an interest among trade economists to explain the …
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Dale Carnegie once said that the sound of one’s name is the sweetest for any person. Much internet personalization acts … based on their preferences. However, no clear empirical evidence exists as to whether consumers desire personalization or … whether privacy concerns override the benefits of personalization. Using theories from psychology and consumer behavior, we …
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The search for an online product that matches e-shoppers’ needs and preferences can be frustrating andtime-consuming. Browsing large lists arranged in tree-like structures demands focused attention from eshoppers.Keyword search often results in either too many useless items (low precision) or...
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