scholarly journals Hit and Run or Sit and Wait? Contestability Revisited in a Price-Comparison Site-Mediated Market

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Haynes ◽  
Steve Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Comparison Site ◽  
Price Comparison ◽  
Hit And Run

scholarly journals Tax Sensitivity and Home State Preferences in Internet Purchasing

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn Ellison ◽  
Sara Fisher Ellison
Keyword(s):  
Discrete Choice ◽  
Tax Avoidance ◽  
State Level ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Sales Tax ◽  
Tax Rates ◽  
Comparison Site ◽  
Price Comparison ◽  
Memory Modules ◽  
Retail Demand

Data on memory modules sales are used to explore aspects of e-retail demand. Aggregate sales are examined in state-level regressions. Discrete choice techniques are used to examine (incomplete) hourly sales data from a price comparison site. We find a strong relationship between e-retail sales to a given state and sales tax rates that apply to purchases from offline retailers, suggesting substantial online-offline substitution and the importance of tax avoidance motives. Geography matters in two ways: consumers prefer purchasing from firms in nearby states and appear to have a separate preference for buying from in-state firms. (JEL D12, H25, H71, L81)

Buying Online: An Analysis of Shopbot Visitors

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 395-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uwe Dulleck ◽  
Franz Hackl ◽  
Bernhard Weiss ◽  
Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Lower Price ◽  
Purchasing Behavior ◽  
Product Reliability ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Comparison Site ◽  
Price Comparison ◽  
Robust Evidence

Abstract We conduct an empirical study on the search and purchasing behavior of buyers on an Austrian price comparison site. On such a market a consumer typically searches for the cheapest price of a given product. Reliability and service of the supplier, however, are other important characteristics of an offer. We find robust evidence of consumer behavior that can be described as a two-stage procedure: shoppers first select a group of candidate offers based on the price only; then, in the actual buying decision consumers tradeoff a lower price with higher reliability of the retailer.

scholarly journals DID THE EURO FOSTER ONLINE PRICE COMPETITION? EVIDENCE FROM AN INTERNATIONAL PRICE COMPARISON SITE

2006 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL R. BAYE ◽  
J. RUPERT J. GATTI ◽  
PAUL KATTUMAN ◽  
JOHN MORGAN
Keyword(s):  
Price Competition ◽  
Comparison Site ◽  
Price Comparison ◽  
International Price
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