Truly costly sequential search and oligopolistic pricing

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 451-466

  Janssen, Maarten C W ^a,b   Moraga González, José Luis ^a,b,c   Wildenbeest, Matthijs R ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Oligopoly; Price dispersion; Sequential consumer search

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

OLIGOPOLY; PRICE DISPERSION; SEQUENTIAL CONSUMER SEARCH; SYMMETRIC EQUILIBRIUM;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 20544471592     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.01.013     Document Type: Article

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