This paper investigates price setting when firms produce with increasing returns and customers are imperfectly informed about prices but customers can search. It is shown that there exists a unique randomization equilibrium where each customer is offered a random price by each firm known to him....

In this paper I investigate the effect of different stages of international trade on market structure and prices when production involves overhead cost, markets are intransparent, and customers have to search for offers. I show that two stages have to be distinguished: a first stage where each...

In this paper I investigate the effect of different stages of international trade on market structure and prices when production involves overhead cost, markets are intransparent, and customers have to search for offers. I show that two stages have to be distinguished: a first stage where each...