Consumers face various costs when investigating and purchasing products in either online or offline markets: the travel cost to visit a store and the search cost to examine the product attributes once they are at a store. The relative magnitude of the costs may lead to different store pricing and consumer search behavior. This dissertation builds game-theoretic search models and examines the interaction between store pricing and consumer search behavior under travel and search costs, and positive stockout probabilities in Chapter 1. To quantify the difference in consumer demand under different costs, a structural demand model has been developed to empirically examine consumer demand regarding prices and stockouts between online and offline ...
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This dissertation consists of three essays. The first essay studies the quantity-quality tradeoff by...
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I examine the relationship between brick-and-mortar retailers offering price-matching guarantees and...
Over the past two decades, rapid advances in technology and the omnipresence of the Internet have le...
This dissertation consists of three essays. The first essay evaluates restaurant wine pricing. Many ...
In the first chapter, we analyze the role of market development, risk premium, and transparency as f...
In the first chapter, we analyze the role of market development, risk premium, and transparency as f...
Technological change represents a key driver to shape new market categories and organizations. Chara...
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The emergence of web 2.0 has brought new applications that have played a significant role in extendi...
In the first essay I examine the relation between firm advertising and tax aggressiveness. Advertisi...
Distance education has become an integrated part of higher education, and online learning communitie...
This dissertation explores the impacts of social interactions on consumer behavior.We first examine ...
This dissertation consists of three essays. The first essay studies the quantity-quality tradeoff by...
This dissertation studies the short-term infant health effects of manipulation of birth timing, the ...
I examine the relationship between brick-and-mortar retailers offering price-matching guarantees and...
Over the past two decades, rapid advances in technology and the omnipresence of the Internet have le...
This dissertation consists of three essays. The first essay evaluates restaurant wine pricing. Many ...
In the first chapter, we analyze the role of market development, risk premium, and transparency as f...
In the first chapter, we analyze the role of market development, risk premium, and transparency as f...
Technological change represents a key driver to shape new market categories and organizations. Chara...
Essay 1 Abstract Prior research indicates that equity markets assign a higher valuation to firms tha...
This study examines the relationship of complementary products and services offered by B2C e-busines...
The aim of this thesis is to conceptualise and operationalise the phenomenon of technology convergen...
The emergence of web 2.0 has brought new applications that have played a significant role in extendi...
In the first essay I examine the relation between firm advertising and tax aggressiveness. Advertisi...
Distance education has become an integrated part of higher education, and online learning communitie...