Price Discount and Price Dispersion in Online Market: Do More Firms Still Lead to More Competition?

Abstract: Contrary to the traditional economic prediction that prices decrease as more firms enter the market, this paper finds a non-monotonic relationship between the number of firms and prices in online book markets. A substantial decrease in posted prices is observed when the market moves from a...

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Main Authors: Wang,Wenche, Li,Fan, Zhang,Yujia
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Talca 2021
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-18762021000200110
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