The Competitiveness of On-Line vis-a-vis Conventional Retailing: A Preliminary Study

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dc.creatorPng, Ivan
dc.date2000-07-25
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:16:24Z
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dc.descriptionPrevious research has directly studied whether on-line retailing is more competitive than conventional retail markets. The evidence from books and music CDs is mixed. Here, I use an indirect approach to compare the competitiveness of on-line with conventional markets. Focusing on the retail market for books, I identify a peculiarity in the pricing of bestsellers relative to other titles. Supposing that competitive barriers are lower in on-line retailing, I analyze how the lower barriers would affect the relative pricing of bestsellers. The empirical data indicates that on-line retailing is more competitive than conventional retailing.
dc.description11th NEC Research Symposium
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0007034
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0007034
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/30339
dc.subjectOther Computer Science
dc.subjectK.4.4
dc.titleThe Competitiveness of On-Line vis-a-vis Conventional Retailing: A Preliminary Study
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