Despite the significant growth of e-commerce in recent years, especially in the business-to-consumer (B2C) online retail sector, its positive and negative environmental implications are unclear from previous research. To understand the environmental impacts of e-commerce, two conceptual models...

Theories of intertemporal price discrimination imply that prices must be chosen using mixed strategies, with retailers changing their prices randomly over time. Otherwise, consumers will learn which retailer has the lowest price, and eventually, all customers will patronize the lowest price...

This paper investigates how firm entry into a price comparison website marketplace affects firm productivity, profits, and wages. We want to answer the key research question: Why do firms compete on price comparison websites? A substantial literature indicates that competition in such...

Price comparison websites, where consumers can compare prices at a search cost that is close to zero, have become increasingly common around the world. Using daily information on prices, click-throughs, and the number of retailers for a sample of consumer electronics and durable goods over a...

This paper examines price elasticities on a price comparison website and if there is a discontinuity in demand for retailers having the lowest price, or products having the highest consumer rating. Previous research is extended upon, with a larger, more recent, and more varied dataset, with...

Nicht erst seit der Covid-19-Pandemie nimmt der Online-Lebensmitteleinzelhandel in Deutschland zu und bringt neue, teilweise hybride, Betriebsformen und Vertriebsmodelle hervor. Hiermit gehen bisher kaum untersuchte räumliche Veränderungen der einzelnen Wertschöpfungsschritte einher,...

This paper analyses Chinese investment in the financial technology (fintech) sector in Indonesia, which ranges from payment systems to lending to wealth management. The paper calls for regulators to react to problems as they arise rather that controlling innovations to allow the market to meet...

Despite low rates of alcohol consumption, the direct sale of alcoholic beverages in Indonesia is highly regulated. Highly restrictive access to recorded alcohol means that consumers tend to turn to cheaper and widely available unrecorded alcohol. The rising trend and importance of the digital...