Discussion of "Change at the Checkout: Tracing the Impact of a Process Innovation" by Emek Basker

Levy, Daniel (2013): Discussion of "Change at the Checkout: Tracing the Impact of a Process Innovation" by Emek Basker.

Abstract

This is a discussion of "Change at the Checkout: Tracing the Impact of a Process Innovation" by Emek Basker, at the December 24, 2013 Israeli I.O. Day at Tel-Aviv University.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Retail, Supermarkets, Prices, Technology, Process Innovation, Bar-Code Scanners, Item Price Laws, IPL, Cost of Price Adjustment, Menu Cost
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D2 - Production and Organizations > D21 - Firm Behavior: Theory; K - Law and Economics > K2 - Regulation and Business Law; L - Industrial Organization > L8 - Industry Studies: Services > L81 - Retail and Wholesale Trade ; e-Commerce; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences ; Diffusion Processes

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