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which incorporates some features of a monopoly, thus changing the pattern of price competition between the firms. In … to a further increase in prices. In addition, more specialized targeting may raise price competition, so firms may find …
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instrumenting is particularly important for estimating the effect of competition on the markup of the price leader. …
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instrumenting is particularly important for estimating the effect of competition on the markup of the price leader. …
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We present a strategic game of pricing and targeted-advertising. Firms cansimultaneously target priceadvertisements to different groups of customers, or to the entiremarket. Pure strategy equilibria do not exist and thus marketsegmentation cannot occur surely. Equilibria exhibit random...
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competition on the markup of the price leader. One more firm in the market is associated with a reduction of the price leader …'s markup which is equivalent to competition between existing firms for an additional three weeks in the product life cycle. Our … results support search theoretic models and contradict models of monopolistic competition. Moreover our results support the …
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This note presents an ordered search model in which consumers search both for price and product fitness. We construct an equilibrium in which there is price dispersion and prices rise in the order of search. The top firms in consumer search process, though charge lower prices, earn higher...
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Why do some sellers set prices in nominal terms that do not respond to changes in the aggregate price level? In many models, prices are sticky by assumption. Here it is a result. We use search theory, with two consequences: prices are set in dollars since money is the medium of exchange; and...
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competition model for a homogeneous good. It is shown that firms can exploit this weakness and charge prices above the competitive …
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Consider a market with identical firms offering a homogeneous good. A consumer obtains price quotes from a subset of firms and buys from the firm offering the lowest price. The “price count” is the number of firms from which the consumer obtains a quote. For any given ex ante...
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Consider a market with many identical firms offering a homogeneous good. A consumer obtains price quotes from a subset of firms and buys from the firm offering the lowest price. The “price count” is the number of firms from which the consumer obtains a quote. For any given ex ante...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839158