Position auctions with consumer search

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1213-1270

  Athey, Susan ^a   Ellison, Glenn ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DYNAMICS; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 80051634809     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjr028     Document Type: Article

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