Research Article

Price Dispersion, Bargaining Power, and Consumers’ Online Shopping Experience in e-Commerce: Evidence from Online Transactions

Table 1

Descriptive statistics.

VariableDescriptionMeanSDMinMax

BargainAdjust fee for purchases1.17719.0001650
Price dispersionPercentage price difference22.375.705035.03
Consumer experienceConsumer experience7.0060.8344.0788.355
Seller platform1 = Tmall, 0 = Taobao0.4520.49801
Seller registration timeSeller registration time6.6880.7384.7108.351
Device1 = iOS, 0 = Android0.4190.49301
TaokeSocial advertising0.8220.38201
p4pPaid search advertising0.9040.29401
AgeConsumer age29.617.8741684
Gender1 = female, 2 = male0.3850.48701

Note. The total number of transactions N = 129605.