Re-matching, information and sequencing effects in posted offer markets

Experimental Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-86

  Davis, Douglas ^a   Korenok, Oleg ^a   Reilly, Robert ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information; Market concentration; Market experiments; Oligopoly; Re matching

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849162256     PISSN: 13864157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10683-008-9195-3     Document Type: Article

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