Sara Fisher Ellison

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Search, Obfuscation, and Price Elasticities on the Internet

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Search, Obfuscation, and Price Elasticities on the Internet

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 15 Jul 2004
Glenn Ellison and Sara Fisher Ellison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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search, obfuscation, Internet, retail, search engines, loss leaders, add-on pricing, website design, demand elasticities, frictionless commerce

Search, Obfuscation, and Price Elasticities on the Internet

NBER Working Paper No. w10570
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 04 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2022
Glenn Ellison and Sara Fisher Ellison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Countervailing Power in Wholesale Pharmaceuticals

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 25 Jul 2001
Sara Fisher Ellison and Christopher M. Snyder
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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Pharmaceutical Prices and Political Activity

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Pharmaceutical Prices and Political Activity

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 19 Sep 2001
Sara Fisher Ellison and Catherine Wolfram
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Reform, Political Economy

Pharmaceutical Prices and Political Activity

NBER Working Paper No. w8482
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Sep 2001 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2022
Sara Fisher Ellison and Catherine Wolfram
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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An Empirical Study of Pricing Strategies in an Online Market with High-Frequency Price Information

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An Empirical Study of Pricing Strategies in an Online Market with High-Frequency Price Information

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 11-13
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 11 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 13 Jun 2014
Sara Fisher Ellison and Christopher M. Snyder
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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Ecommerce, Pricing, Strategy, Repeated Games

An Empirical Study of Pricing Strategies in an Online Market with High-Frequency Price Information

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4655
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 13 Mar 2014
Sara Fisher Ellison and Christopher M. Snyder
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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Internet Retail Demand: Taxes, Geography, and Online-Offline Competition

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Internet Retail Demand: Taxes, Geography, and Online-Offline Competition

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 06-14
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 12 May 2006
Glenn Ellison and Sara Fisher Ellison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Ecommerce, internet taxation, discrete choice analysis

Internet Retail Demand: Taxes, Geography, and Online-Offline Competition

NBER Working Paper No. w12242
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 May 2006 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2022
Glenn Ellison and Sara Fisher Ellison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Costs of Managerial Attention and Activity as a Source of Sticky Prices: Structural Estimates from an Online Market

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Costs of Managerial Attention and Activity as a Source of Sticky Prices: Structural Estimates from an Online Market

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 17-01
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 05 Jan 2017
Sara Fisher Ellison, Christopher M. Snyder and Hongkai Zhang
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Dartmouth College - Department of Economics and Pandora
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sticky prices; managerial costs; dynamic structural estimation; ecommerce

Costs of Managerial Attention and Activity as a Source of Sticky Prices: Structural Estimates from an Online Market

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6285
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 09 Feb 2017
Sara Fisher Ellison, Christopher M. Snyder and Hongkai Zhang
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Dartmouth College - Department of Economics and Pandora
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Costs of Managerial Attention and Activity as a Source of Sticky Prices: Structural Estimates from an Online Market

NBER Working Paper No. w24680
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 13 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2023
Sara Fisher Ellison, Christopher M. Snyder and Hongkai Zhang
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Dartmouth College - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Diversity, Social Goods Provision, and Performance in the Firm

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Diversity, Social Goods Provision, and Performance in the Firm

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 10-11
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 02 Sep 2010
Sara Fisher Ellison, Jeffrey Greenbaum and Wallace P. Mullin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and George Washington University - Department of Economics
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Diversity and Social Goods

Diversity, Social Goods Provision, and Performance in the Firm

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3171
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 21 Sep 2010
Sara Fisher Ellison, Jeffrey Greenbaum and Wallace P. Mullin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and George Washington University - Department of Economics
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diversity, social goods

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Strategic Entry Deterrence and the Behavior of Pharmaceutical Incumbents Prior to Patent Expiration

NBER Working Paper No. w13069
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 27 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2022
Glenn Ellison and Sara Fisher Ellison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Policy Implications of Models of the Spread of Coronavirus: Perspectives and Opportunities for Economists

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Policy Implications of Models of the Spread of Coronavirus: Perspectives and Opportunities for Economists

CESifo Working Paper No. 8293
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 May 2020
Christopher Avery, Adam Clark, William Bossert, Glenn Ellison and Sara Fisher Ellison
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ (Leipzig), Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Policy Implications of Models of the Spread of Coronavirus: Perspectives and Opportunities for Economists

NBER Working Paper No. w27007
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2023
Christopher Avery, William Bossert, Adam Clark, Glenn Ellison and Sara Fisher Ellison
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ (Leipzig), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Gradual Incorporation of Information into Stock Prices: Empirical Strategies

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Gradual Incorporation of Information into Stock Prices: Empirical Strategies

NBER Working Paper No. w6218
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 30 Dec 2022
Sara Fisher Ellison and Wallace P. Mullin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and George Washington University - Department of Economics
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Gradual Incorporation of Information into Stock-Prices: Empirical Strategies

Posted: 26 Nov 1998
Sara Fisher Ellison and Wallace P. Mullin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and George Washington University - Department of Economics

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Match Quality, Search, and the Internet Market for Used Books

NBER Working Paper No. w24197
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 17 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2023
Glenn Ellison and Sara Fisher Ellison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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A Simple Framework for Nonparametric Specification Testing

NBER Working Paper No. t0234
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 07 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2023
Glenn Ellison and Sara Fisher Ellison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Gradual Incorporation of Information: Pharmaceutical Stocks and the Evolution of Clinton's Health Care Reform

Posted: 02 Apr 2001
Sara Fisher Ellison and Wallace P. Mullin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and George Washington University - Department of Economics

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Pharmaceutical industry; isotonic regression; stock market information

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What Prices Can Tell Us About the Market for Antibiotics

Posted: 15 Sep 1998
Sara Fisher Ellison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics

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Characteristics of Demand for Pharmaceutical Products: An Examination of Four Cephalosporins

RAND JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS, Vol. 28, No. 3, Autumn 1997
Posted: 12 Mar 1997
Sara Fisher Ellison, Iain M. Cockburn, Zvi Griliches and Jerry A. Hausman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Boston University Questrom School of Business, (Deceased) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics

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