The impact of search costs on consumer behavior: A dynamic approach

Quantitative Marketing and Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-203

  Seiler, Stephan ^a,b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic demand estimation; Imperfect information; Search costs; Stockpiling; Storable goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882900385     PISSN: 15707156     EISSN: 1573711X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11129-012-9126-7     Document Type: Article

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