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Economics and E-Commerce

Subject: Economics

Art: William Playfair, 1786 Playfair - 19 Chart Annual Revenues of England and France (from…, 1786 · Public domain

Instructor: Dr. Sara Ellison
Term: Fall 2014
Level: Undergraduate
What's inside: 4 problem sets · 4 exams · 8 solutions · 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 35 other files · 5 web pages
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Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 14.27 Economics and E-Commerce, Fall 2014, Dr. Sara Ellison — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.

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Economics and E-Commerce

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Lecture 4: Entry, Market Structure, and Concentration Notes (PDF)

Lecture 5: Online Auctions Notes (PDF)

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Lecture 7: The Shift Away from Auctions Notes (PDF)

Lecture 8: The Economics of Group Purchasing Notes (PDF)

Lecture 9: Price Search Notes (PDF)

Lecture 10: Search and Obfuscation on the Internet Notes (PDF)

Lecture 11: Extremely High Search Costs and the Internet Notes (PDF)

Lecture 12: E-retail Notes (PDF)

Lecture 13: Price Discrimination Notes (PDF)

Lecture 14: Sales Tax and E-commerce Notes (PDF)

Lecture 15: Search Advertising and Sponsored Links Notes (PDF)

Lecture 16: Auction Types and Settings Notes (PDF)