Price competition when consumer behavior is characterized by conformity or vanity

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 385-408

  Grilo, Isabel ^a   Shy, Oz ^b   Thisse, Jacques François ^c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conformity; Consumer behavior; Price competition; Vanity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042404937     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(00)00115-8     Document Type: Article

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