We assess price dispersion in retail markets and its sources over time. Using a product-detailed price database, we document a consistent divergence of prices over time in retail markets in Uruguay: price dispersion increased by 3.1% in fifteen years. Next, we analyze microeconomic and...

Since online performances are new service, consumer confusion is occurring due to the absence of a product composition strategy. Therefore, this study derived the major attributes of online performance and estimates the value of each consumption attribute. As a result, it was found that the...

In this study, we use bibliometric analysis as a quantitative and systematic approach to assess the scientific landscape and present the existing literature, focusing on the consumer buying behaviour of second-hand clothing in the context of sustainability. We observe a decrease in the number of...

The large retail chains represent the main distribution channel for wine sales in Italy. Retailers, therefore, define the wine supply of their points-of-sale based on their own commercial strategies, taking into account evolving consumer demand, producer characteristics, and product types. Wine...

We study the role of traders' meeting capacities in decentralized markets with adverse selection. Uninformed customers choose trading mechanisms in order to find a provider for a service. Providers are privately informed about their quality and aim to match with one of the customers. We consider...

After Comeconís dissolution, agentsí lack of experience in product differentiation could have triggered demand-side mechanisms affecting trade flows between the two sides of the fallen Iron Curtain. Specifically, producers from a block of countries might have faced a quality perception gap...

This is the first book to focus on crowdfunding in sport. Crowdfunding is an important new financial instrument that is becoming more popular with sports organisations, and this book examines the research evidence for crowdfunding and considers how it might be successfully implemented....

We assess price dispersion in retail markets and its sources over time. Using a product-detailed price database, we document a consistent divergence of prices over time in retail markets in Uruguay: price dispersion increased by 3.1% in fifteen years. Next, we analyze microeconomic and...

The automotive trade is one of the main drivers of world economies, contributing to the sustainability and competitiveness of countries at a global level. The luxury sub-segment is the one facing the most significant growth and the one which presents the greatest challenges in the...

This study theoretically explores the impact of market segmentation uncertainty on producers' production decisions and their subsequent effects on producers' profits, consumer surplus, and social welfare. This uncertainty creates a mismatch between the producer's supply and consumer demand,...

The modern capitalist revolution in Chile - the moment when the economic liberalism project was established as a stage prior to the Reagan and Thatcher governments, generating a radical break with the previous model (Gárate 2012) - immediately provoked a strong discussion on the implicit idea...

Influencer marketing is an increasingly significant research topic, but there is a research gap when it comes to utilizing data from social media influencers' online community to identify novel consumer groups through market segmentation. To achieve this, a case study of 50 Instagram Fashion...