and referral agencies (R&Rs) in some markets. R&Rs provide consumers with information on availability, price, and … information reduces price dispersion, maximum price, and average price. With this model we examine empirically the effects of R … price dispersion and lower maximum prices. There is also some evidence that markets with R&Rs have lower average prices …

Did the 1973 and 1979 gasoline price rises change consumer views about the relative quality of different cars? This … effect of gasoline price increases but also for the effects of changes in other prices and income, we develop two alternative … fraction of the coefficient change that did occur during this period can be attributed to the gasoline price increase alone …