Local wage variations in the UK are explained by two non-nested rival hypotheses. The first derives from new economic geography theory, in which wages depend on market access. The second come from urban economics theory, giving a reduced form with wage rates dependent on employment density. The...

In this paper, we propose a method to visualize online consumer search in so-called product search maps. Manufacturers can use these maps to understand how consumers search for competing products prior to choice, including how information acquisition and product search is organized along brand-,...