Consumer search with asymmetric price sampling

被引:3
作者
Astorne-Figari, Carmen [1 ]
Yankelevich, Aleksandr [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Memphis, Dept Econ, Memphis, TN 38152 USA
[2] FCC, Washington, DC 20554 USA
关键词
Sequential consumer search; Oligopoly; Price dispersion; MODEL; EQUILIBRIUM; LOYALTY;
D O I
10.1016/j.econlet.2013.12.019
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We explore asymmetries in the way consumers sample prices in a simple sequential search framework. In equilibrium, the price distribution of a firm catering to more local consumers first-order stochastically dominates that of its rival. Prices rise in the degree of asymmetry. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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页码:331 / 333
页数:3
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