Price, price dispersion and number of sellers at a low entry cost shopbot

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 459-472

  Haynes, Michelle ^a   Thompson, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital cameras; Internet; Price dispersion

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; DIGITAL CAMERAS; INFORMATION THEORY; INTERNET; LIFE CYCLE; SALES;

COST INTERPRETATION; MARKET INTERMEDIARIES; MARKET STRUCTURES; PRICE DISPERSION; SHOPBOTS FUNCTIONS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 39149104688     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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