Anderson, Steven and Friedman, Daniel and Milam, Garrett and Singh, Nirvikar (2007): Buy it now: A hybrid market institution. Forthcoming in: Journal of Electronic Commerce Research No. unknown
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Abstract
This paper analyzes seller choices and outcomes in approximately 700 Internet auctions of a relatively homogeneous good. The ‘Buy it Now’ option allows the seller to convert the auction into a posted price market. We use a structural model to control for the conduct of the auction as well as product and seller characteristics. In explaining seller choices, we find that the ‘Buy it Now’ option was used more often by sellers with higher ratings and offering fewer units; and posted prices were more prevalent for used items. In explaining auction outcomes, we find that auctions with a ‘Buy it Now’ price had higher winning bids, ceteris paribus, whether or not the auction ended with the ‘Buy it Now’ offer being accepted, possibly reflecting signaling or bounded rationality. We also find that posting prices, by combining ‘Buy it Now’ and an equal starting price, was an effective strategy for sellers in the sample.
Item Type: | MPRA Paper |
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Institution: | University of California, Santa Cruz |
Original Title: | Buy it now: A hybrid market institution |
Language: | English |
Keywords: | Market institutions; posted prices; auctions; e-commerce |
Subjects: | M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M0 - General L - Industrial Organization > L8 - Industry Studies: Services > L81 - Retail and Wholesale Trade ; e-Commerce L - Industrial Organization > L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance > L11 - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure ; Size Distribution of Firms L - Industrial Organization > L8 - Industry Studies: Services > L86 - Information and Internet Services ; Computer Software |
Item ID: | 4322 |
Depositing User: | Nirvikar Singh |
Date Deposited: | 01 Aug 2007 |
Last Modified: | 28 Sep 2019 16:32 |
URI: | https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/id/eprint/4322 |