variation in consumer's use of the Internet for tasks like “porn” and “cat videos” as measured by Google Trends. My estimates …

avoidance; but, if online firms remit taxes, online sales may put upward pressure on tax rates because internet sales help … enforce destination-based taxes. I find that higher internet penetration generally results in lower municipal tax rates, but … standard deviation increase in internet penetration lowers local sales taxes in large municipalities by 0.15 percentage points …

significant impact on the Indian economy, which saw one of the largest lockdowns globally. The Indian internet economy, which was … a result of steep falls in business for e-commerce and travel, the largest sectors in the internet ecosystem. However …, India’s internet economy is likely to be a net beneficiary in longer run, driven by multi-fold increase in digital …

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 …

-to-one customization. Hence, we show evidence the Internet acts as a substitute to brick-and-mortar stores for households in relative …

There have been many claims that the Internet represents a nearly frictionless market. This paper extends the empirical … and Internet channels. On first sight, lower average prices in Internet trade appear to signal more intensive price …-competition. At the same time, the Internet market place is characterised by greater price dispersion. This rather suggests that …

due to significant declines in entry costs. We instead find evidence of large roles for the development of the internet …