Firms' Decisions to Enter a Market of Highly Differentiated Products: Apparel Industry and New York Fashion Week
This dissertation deals with economic aspects of the fashion industry. It begins with a discussion of the complex industrial organization aspects of the industry. A wealth of information in this area has been assembled and is presented for the first time. The focus is on the high-end fashion market: how it started, how it works, New York Fashion Week, and its significance for the industry. Then a comprehensive review of the economics literature as it pertains to the industry is presented, also for the first time. The empirical sections of the dissertation contain estimates of demand functions for apparel and determinants of the number of high-end fashion firms in the industry.
Behavioral Economics, Econometrics, Economic History, Fashion Business, Industrial Organization, Monopolistic Competition, Vertical Integration, Autoregressive Model, History of New York Fashion Week
City University of New York - Graduate Center
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