Mediating transactions through the Internet removes important cues that salespeople can use to assess a consumer …'s willingness to pay. We analyze whether dealers' difficulty in identifying consumer characteristics on the Internet and consumers … discrimination. The second part of the paper turns to the role of the Internet. Online minority buyers who use the Internet Referral …

reduction in search costs on the Internet relative to the physical channel would cause both price and price dispersion to fall …

The Internet has the potential to significantly reduce search costs by allowing consumers to engage in low-cost price … comparisons online. This paper provides empirical evidence on the impact that the rise of Internet comparison shopping sites has … group using the Internet reduces average insurance prices for the group by as much as 5 percent. Further evidence indicates …

This paper investigates the effect of Internet car referral services on dealer pricing of automobiles in California …

The internet has dramatically reduced the cost of varying prices, displays and information provided to consumers …