Market frictions: A unified model of search costs and switching costs

European Economic Review

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1070-1086

  Wilson, Chris M ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer search; Oligopoly; Pricing; Search costs; Switching costs

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; OLIGOPOLY; PRICE DYNAMICS; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 84862733871     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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