Define a reputation good to be any product or service for which sellers' products are differentiated and consumers' search among sellers consists of a series of inquiries to relatives, friends, and associates for recommendations. Examples of reputation goods are personal legal services and...

This article empirically tests the theory that prices are affected by consumer information. It develops an empirical model (the increasing monopoly model) based on the notion that an increase in the number of sellers of a "reputation" good may cause price to increase because such an increase...