Managing Piracy: Pricing and Sampling Strategies for Digital Experience Goods in Vertically Segmented Markets

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramnath K. Chellappa ◽  
Shivendu Shivendu
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Strategies ◽  
Experience Goods ◽  
Segmented Markets

Who owns a personal home page?

2003 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Astrid Schütz ◽  
Franz Machilek
Keyword(s):  
Search Engine ◽  
Home Page ◽  
Sampling Strategies ◽  
Home Pages ◽  
Personal Home Pages ◽  
Age And Sex

Research on personal home pages is still rare. Many studies to date are exploratory, and the problem of drawing a sample that reflects the variety of existing home pages has not yet been solved. The present paper discusses sampling strategies and suggests a strategy based on the results retrieved by a search engine. This approach is used to draw a sample of 229 personal home pages that portray private identities. Findings on age and sex of the owners and elements characterizing the sites are reported.

The Effect of Rating Dispersion on Purchase of Experience Goods based on the Korean Movie Box Office Data

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Lian Chen ◽  
Kang Jun Choi ◽  
Jae Young Lee
Keyword(s):  
Experience Goods ◽  
Box Office

Mutual Fund Return Predictability in Partially Segmented Markets

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayelen Banegas ◽  
Benjamin J. Gillen ◽  
Allan G. Timmermann ◽  
Russ R. Wermers
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Return Predictability ◽  
Segmented Markets ◽  
Fund Return

Pricing Initial Audit Engagements: A Test of Competing Theories

1999 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allen T. Craswell ◽  
Jere R. Francis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Product Quality ◽  
Audit Fees ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Disclosure ◽  
Audit Pricing ◽  
Experience Goods ◽  
Economic Theories ◽  
Time Period

Two competing theories of initial engagement audit pricing are examined empirically. DeAngelo's (1981a) model predicts initial engagement discounts in all settings, while Dye's (1991) model specifically predicts discounting will not occur in settings where audit fees are publicly disclosed. Unlike the United States and most countries, audit fees are publicly disclosed in Australia. Our study examines initial engagement pricing in Australia during a time period when comparable U.S. studies report discounts of 25 percent (Ettredge and Greenberg 1990; Simon and Francis 1988). The Australian evidence finds initial engagement discounting only for upgrades from non-Big 8 to Big 8 auditors. Discounting for upgrades to Big 8 auditors is consistent with economic theories of discount pricing by sellers of higher-priced, higher-quality experience goods as an inducement to purchase when uncertainty about product quality is resolved through buying (experiencing) the goods. The evidence in our study is generally consistent with Dye's (1991) conclusion that public disclosure of audit fees precludes initial engagement discounting and the potential independence problems arising from such discounting.

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