eBay’s anatomy

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2013
Volume: 121
Issue: 1
Pages: 115-120

Authors (4)

Lendle, Andreas (not in RePEc) Olarrega, Marcelo (not in RePEc) Schropp, Simon (not in RePEc) Vézina, Pierre-Louis (King's College London)

Score contribution per author:

0.251 = (α=2.01 / 4 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We use a new US-firm-level dataset covering all domestic and international sales made through eBay, an online marketplace, to provide insights about firm heterogeneity in online international trade. One is that the share of firms that export is surprisingly high, at 85%.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:121:y:2013:i:1:p:115-120
Journal Field
General
Author Count
4
Added to Database
2026-01-29