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Une analyse empirique de la dispersion des prix sur Internet

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  • David Bounie
  • Bora Eang
  • Marvin Sirbu
  • Patrick Waelbroeck

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An Empirical Analysis of Price Dispersion on the Internet Online price dispersion has remained a puzzle for many years. In this article, we test the effects of a range of factors identified in the literature including vendor strategy, market structure, vendor heterogeneity and the time dimension. We use a dataset collected from the Amazon.fr marketplace for books, CDs and DVDs from March to November, 2006. We find that i) online retailers do not adjust prices frequently; ii) price dispersion increases with the number of sellers and over time ; iii) the seller characteristics explain a small part of price dispersion ; i.v) there remains unexplained price dispersion.

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  • David Bounie & Bora Eang & Marvin Sirbu & Patrick Waelbroeck, 2010. "Une analyse empirique de la dispersion des prix sur Internet," Revue française d'économie, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 0(4), pages 121-145.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:rferfe:rfe_104_0121
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