An experimental comparison of two search models

Economic Theory

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 735-749

  Abrams, Eric ^a   Sefton, Martin ^b   Yavas, Abdullah ^c  

^a HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diamond paradox; Experimental search markets; Price dispersion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034340486     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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