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The Internet's Impact on Competition, Free Riding and The Future of Sales Service in Retail Automobile Markets

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  • Ellen Sewell

    (Department of Economics, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.)

  • Charles Bodkin

    (Department of Economics, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.)

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This paper investigates the impact of the internet on intra-brand competition in new car markets by empirically examining its role in the search process. The model is a two-equation simultaneous system with one continuous and one dichotomous dependent variable. Equation one explains the overall amount of intra-brand search while equation two explains the decision to utilize the internet in the search process. Having established a significant increase in intra-brand competition, the paper proceeds to address the impact on free riding in retail automobile markets, long argued to be the likely outcome of excessive intra-brand competition. Eastern Economic Journal (2009) 35, 96–114. doi:10.1057/palgrave.eej.9050046

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  • Ellen Sewell & Charles Bodkin, 2009. "The Internet's Impact on Competition, Free Riding and The Future of Sales Service in Retail Automobile Markets," Eastern Economic Journal, Palgrave Macmillan;Eastern Economic Association, vol. 35(1), pages 96-114.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:easeco:v:35:y:2009:i:1:p:96-114
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    1. Liu, Yajie & Cui, Lijuan & Xiong, Yanyan & Yao, Xianguo, 2023. "Does the development of the Internet improve the allocative efficiency of production factors? Evidence from surveys of Chinese manufacturing firms," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 161-174.

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