Logo, Micheal R. Baye, John Morgan, Patrick Scholten

Indices Graph

These data are from a real-time project with John Morgan and Patrick Schoten that ended when Baye went to the Federal Trade Commission.

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Internet Indices as of June 30, 2007

IndexThis WeekLast WeekChange% Change
Price Range40.8340.340.491.21
Relative Dispersion10.0410.020.020.20
Value of Information16.4016.220.181.11
Price Gap1.841.92-0.08-4.17
Internet Competitiveness101.3299.821.501.50
Market Thickness Index122.81125.71-2.90-2.31

 Price Gap This Week:
The Price Gap fell to 1.84 percent this week. Sellers of homogeneous products can increase profits by at least 1.84 percent per unit sold by optimally adjusting their prices.

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 What is Price Gap?
The Price Gap summarizes the percentage difference between the two lowest prices charged for each product in our database. When the price gap is zero, no seller can profitably raise its price.

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