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Docta Complutense
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Mazón Calpena, Cristina
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Pereira, Pedro
2023-06-21T01:44:31Z
2023-06-21T01:44:31Z
2001-06
b19839595
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/64461
https://www.ucm.es/icae
This paper explains four things in a unified way. First, how e-commerce can generate price
equilibria, where physical shops either compete with virtual shops for consumers with Internet
access, or alternatively, sell only to consumers with no Internet access. Second, how these price
equilibria might involve price dispersion on-line. Third, why prices may be higher on-line. Fourth,
why established firms can, but need not, be more reluctant than newly created firms to adopt ecommerce.
For this purpose we develop a model where e-commerce reduces consumers’ search
costs, involves trade-offs for consumers, and reduces retailing costs.
Se explica la competencia entre las tiendas físicas y las tiendas virtuales, concluyendose cómo el comercio electrónico reduce los costes de búsqueda de los consumidores, implica un "trade-off" para los consumidores, y disminuye los costes de producción de las empresas.
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Electronic commerce, consumer search and retailing cost reduction
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