-comparative advertising. -- advertising ; costly state falsification ; signalling …, consumers do not. Under non-comparative advertising a firm may signal its own quality. Under comparative advertising firms may … scenarios equilibria are revealing. Under comparative advertising the firms never advertise together which they may do under non …

false advertising by a firm in duopolistic competition where consumers can be distinguished according to whether or not they … form rational beliefs about the trustworthiness of advertising claims. We compare private and public law enforcement in the … form of the demand for injunctions against false advertising. From a welfare perspective, we show that it can be optimal …

false advertising by a firm in duopolistic competition where consumers can be distinguished according to whether or not they … form rational beliefs about the trustworthiness of advertising claims. We compare private and public law enforcement in the … form of the demand for injunctions against false advertising. From a welfare perspective, we show that it can be optimal …

This chapter proposes an analysis of the role of advertising in the transmission of information in markets. It also … describes how the economic analysis of informative advertising provides a satisfactory account of advertising practices and … discusses the extent to which resorting to alternative approaches to advertising might be fruitful. In doing so, it provides an …