Arbeitspapier

The effects of website provision on the demand for German women's magazines

What happens to demand if a magazine launches a website? This question is empirically analyzed for the German women?s magazine market, a particularly large segment of the German magazine where fierce competition is reigning. Models for differentiated product demand are estimated on panel data covering the period 1990 to 2000, showing that website provision does not significantly affect magazines? market shares. Magazines that launched a website face a significantly lower price elasticity of demand than competitors that did not go online. Descriptive evidence on the magazines? website contents shows that websites are used to provide supplementary information and to advertise current print issues.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 01-69

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
differentiated product demand models
magazines
instrumentalvariables estimation
panel data
Zeitschrift
Homepage
Nachfrage
Frauen
Spezialzeitschrift
Internet
Produktdifferenzierung
Schätzung
Deutschland

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Kaiser, Ulrich
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
(where)
Mannheim
(when)
2001

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Kaiser, Ulrich
  • Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Time of origin

  • 2001

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