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Parallel Importation and Service Quality: An Empirical Investigation of Competition between DVDs and Cinemas in New Zealand

dc.contributor.authorEvans, Lewis
dc.contributor.authorBurgess, Matt
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-11T21:38:40Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-06T22:34:05Z
dc.date.available2015-02-11T21:38:40Z
dc.date.available2022-07-06T22:34:05Z
dc.date.copyright2005-12-01
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractInvestigations into the causes and effects of parallel importing have concentrated on price discrimination but arbitrage can also occur on non-price dimensions. Using a natural experiment in the New Zealand film distribution industry between May 1998 and November 2001 we examine the effect of parallel importing on quality as it relates to the timing of the availability of film media. We demonstrate that a) cinema revenues were undermined as consumers substituted viewing films on parallel imported DVDs for thecinema format and b) that studios responded to the threat of parallel imported DVDs by bringing forward the release of films into New Zealand cinemas. The reduced delay between US and New Zealand cinematic release dates is shown to be consistent with the introduction of competition when timing is a dimension of quality and choice. We conclude that parallel importation of DVDs almost certainly resulted in a net increase in welfare in New Zealand.en_NZ
dc.formatpdfen_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/18944
dc.language.isoen_NZ
dc.publisherTe Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellingtonen_NZ
dc.rightsPermission to publish research outputs of the New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation has been granted to the Victoria University of Wellington Library. Refer to the permission letter in record: https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/18870en_NZ
dc.titleParallel Importation and Service Quality: An Empirical Investigation of Competition between DVDs and Cinemas in New Zealanden_NZ
dc.typeTexten_NZ
vuwschema.contributor.unitNew Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulationen_NZ
vuwschema.contributor.unitVictoria Business School: Orauarikien_NZ
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor149999 Economics not elsewhere classifieden_NZ
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcforV2389999 Other economics not elsewhere classifieden_NZ
vuwschema.type.vuwWorking or Occasional Paperen_NZ

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