Do Electronic Marketplaces Lower the Price of Goods?

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-80

  Lee, H Geun ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; COMPETITION; CONTRACTS; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKETING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ELECTRONIC MARKETPLACES; JAPANESE AUTO AUCTION MARKET; MARGINAL COSTS; MARKET PRICE; PRODUCT COSTS; USED CAR TRANSACTIONS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 0031599014     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/268092.268122     Document Type: Article

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