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Flagship Entry in Online Marketplaces / Ginger Zhe Jin, Zhentong Lu, Xiaolu Zhou, Lu Fang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jin, Ginger Zhe.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w29239.
- NBER working paper series no. w29239
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2021.
- Summary:
- In this paper, we empirically study how flagship entry in an online marketplace affects consumers, the platform, and various sellers on the platform. We find flagship entry may benefit consumers by expanding the choice set, by intensifying price competition within the entry brand, and by improving consumer perception for parts of the platform. In the meantime, flagship entry cannibalizes the sales of same-brand sellers, while other brands may gain as the buyer base expands on the platform. Counterfactual simulation suggests that flagship entry improves the gross merchandise value (GMV) of the platform and overall consumer welfare in most cases.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- September 2021.
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