Online Price Dispersion Within and Between Seven European Countries
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price dispersion; internet;JEL classification:
- D4 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- M3 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EEC-2003-09-28 (European Economics)
- NEP-MIC-2004-07-04 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-NET-2004-07-04 (Network Economics)
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