An Internet retailer?s (e-tailer?s) outstanding virtual location enhances the probability of being noticed by potential … analysis, an e-tailer?s Internet search engine rank as well as its advertising activities in search engines serve as proxies …

This paper examines the relation between prices in conventional stores and on the Internet. Main results from the … to Internet reaches a critical level, ii) the relation between prices depends on convenience costs of shopping in regular … stores as well as on transport and navigation costs for goods bought over Internet, iii) retailers who only sell through …

Does the internet increase competition? To address this question, I exploit two institutional details unique to Germany …