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Consumer search costs and preferences on the internet
Jolivet, Grégory; Turon, Hélène - 2014
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 …
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The internet as a data source for advancement in social sciences
Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2015
This paper advocates the use of Internet data for social sciences with a special focus on human resources issues. It … discusses the potentials and challenges of Internet data for social sciences and presents a selection of the relevant literature …. Internet data can successfully be applied to a very wide range of human resource issues including forecasting (e.g. of …
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Quality and price setting of high-tech goods
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Talavera, Oleksandr; Nam Hoai Vu - 2021
This paper investigates the link between product quality and price setting for central processing units (CPUs). Using thousands of price quotes from a popular price-comparison website, we find that market fundamentals, such as the number of sellers, median price, share of convenient prices and...
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Effects of e-commerce on local labor markets
Bauer, Anahid; Fernández Guerrico, Sofia - 2023
This paper studies the effect of e-commerce on local labor markets. We exploit cross-market variation in e-commerce price advantage stemming from the enactment of the Amazon Tax-state-level legislation that mandates state sales taxes collection to out-of-state online retailers. Introducing...
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Shutdown contests in multi-plant firms and governmental intervention
Kräkel, Matthias - 2010
the effects of governmental support for domestic plants on selection efficiency. -- Auction ; collective tournament …
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Paintings and numbers : an econometric investigation of sales rates, prices and returns in Latin American art auctions
Campos, Nauro (contributor);  … - 2008
in predicting whether or not an artwork sells at auction, (3) there is little supporting evidence for the widespread …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003688791
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The impact of scoring weights on price and quality outcomes : an application to the procurement of welfare-to-work contracts
Koning, Pierre; Meerendonk, Arthur van de - 2012
This paper assesses the effects of changes in scoring weights in auctions, using a unique sample of biddings of private Welfare-to-Work (WTW) organizations to reintegrate groups of unemployed and disabled workers. WTW-organizations did not only bid on prices, but also received points for three...
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"Buy-It-Now" or "Sell-It-Now" auctions : effects of changing bargaining power in sequential trading mechanisms
Grebe, Tim; Ivanova-Stenzel, Radosveta; Kröger, Sabine - 2015
at a fixed price before an auction. In the "Buy-It-Now" format, the seller has the bargaining power and offers a price … prior to the auction; whereas in the "Sell-It-Now" format, it is the buyer. Both formats are extensively used in online and … auction. …
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Working conditions on digital labour platforms : evidence from a leading labour supply economy
Aleksynska, Mariya; Bastrakova, Anastasia; Kharchenko, … - 2019
Online labour platforms matching labour supply and demand are profoundly modifying the world of work. Businesses use them to outsource tasks to a world-wide pool of workers; while workers can access work opportunities transcending national boundaries. Increasingly, workers are located in...
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Mapping "information economy" businesses with big data : findings for the UK
Nathan, Max; Rosso, Anna; Bouet, Francois - 2014
Governments around the world want to develop their ICT and digital industries. Policymakers thus need a clear sense of the size and characteristics of digital businesses, but this is hard to do with conventional datasets and industry codes. This paper uses innovative "big data" resources to...
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