Firms' Decisions to Enter a Market of Highly Differentiated Products: Apparel Industry and New York Fashion Week

<p>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.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Economics

Grantor

The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Katagiri, Yoko

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Professor Michael Grossman
• Professor Wim Vijverberg

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Professor Wim Vijverberg
• Professor Eugenia Paulicelli

• Behavioral Economics
• Econometrics
• Economic History
• Fashion Business
• Industrial Organization
• Monopolistic Competition
• Vertical Integration
• Autoregressive Model
• History of New York Fashion Week

Repository record dc:identifier

https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/745

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:academicworks.cuny.edu:gc_etds-1798