The impact of shopbot use on prices and price dispersion: Evidence from online book retailing

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 579-590

  Tang, Zhulei ^a   Smith, Michael D ^b   Montgomery, Alan ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clickstream; Internet; Price dispersion; Search cost; Shopbot

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC MODELS; CLICKSTREAM DATA; CLICKSTREAMS; DIRECT OBSERVATION; PRICE DISPERSION; PRICE LEVELS; PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS; RAPID EXPANSION; SEARCH COSTS; SEARCH TOOLS; SHOPBOTS;

DISPERSIONS; INTERNET;

COSTS;

EID: 77957702909     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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