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Price dispersion is ubiquitous in settings that closely approximate textbook Bertrand competition. We show that only a little bounded rationality among sellers is needed to rationalize such dispersion. A variety of statistical tests, based on datasets from two independent laboratory experiments...
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This paper examines four million daily price observations for more than 1,000 consumer electronics products on the price comparison site <externallink id="http://Shopper.com" type="url">http://Shopper.com</externallink>. We find little support for the notion that prices on the Internet are converging to the 'law of one price.' In addition, observed levels of...
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We model an environment where e-retailers sell similar products and endogenously engage in both brand advertising (to create loyal customers) and price advertising (to attract "shoppers"). In contrast to models where loyalty is exogenous, endogenizing the creation of loyal customers by allowing...
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