, and dual channeling with an intermediary retailer to distribute the fighter brand are analyzed as commitment devices. The …

. We show that traffic channeling plays three roles. First, it allows more efficient allocation of traffic; that is, the … substitutability. Third, traffic channeling intensifies competition between the merchants and hence increases the total inventory …, demand spillover decreases sales inequality. While the platform always benefits from traffic channeling, the merchants do not …

Channeling Demonstration might have led to biased estimates of program impact. …

The principal finding of this report is that Channeling led to an increase in total costs for clients, including costs … represents an increase of approximately 7 over the $18,500 per client costs expected in the absence of Channeling. For the … $23,000 expected in the absence of Channeling. In both models, these increased costs appeared to produce benefits in the …