Price, Quality, and Market Share

Market Share Indicates Quality

Market share and quality, or customer satisfaction, go hand in hand. Yet it is hard to find in the literature a clear formal statement to the effect that higher market share indicates higher quality. Indeed, such an inference would need detailed information about customer behavior. Moreover, even when that data is available, the validity of the inference is cast in doubt by common modes of beha...

Product quality , product price , and share dynamics in the German compact car market

The present paper examines one of the central elements of evolutionary thinking competition formalized by the replicator dynamics mechanism. Using data on product characteristics of automobiles sold on the German domestic market over the period 2001-2006, we construct a competitiveness or tness variable for each car model applying non-parametric e ciency measurement techniques. The basic questi...

Product Quality , Product Price , and Share Dynamics in the German Compact Car Market by Uwe

The present paper examines one of the central elements of evolutionary thinking competition formalized by the replicator dynamics mechanism. Using data on product characteristics of automobiles sold on the German domestic market over the period 2001-2006, we construct a competitiveness or tness variable for each car model applying non-parametric e ciency measurement techniques. The basic questi...

Market Structure and Price Adjustment in the Iranian Tea Market

Studying the Dividend Policy and Share Price Volatility: Iran Evidence

Explaining dividend policy has been one of the most difficult challenges facing financial economists. Despite decades of study, we have yet to completely understand the factors that influence dividend policy and the manner in which these factors interact.The aim of this paper is to examine the relation between dividend policy and share price volatility in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE). The analys...