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Consumer Search Costs and Market Performance

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David, Douglas D
Holt, Charles A

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The authors conduct laboratory markets to evaluate the effects of consumer search costs on market performance. The primary research goal is to assess the behavioral relevance of Peter A. Diamond's (1971) paradoxical conclusion that the injection of a small consumer search cost alters the equilibrium price prediction from competitive to monopoly levels. Although monopoly prices are not consistently observed, the authors find that search costs do tend to raise prices. Additional experimentation indicates that below-monopoly prices are not explained by buyer avoidance of high-pricing sellers but that prices increase as search costs are raised. Copyright 1996 by Oxford University Press.

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Article provided by Oxford University Press in its journal Economic Inquiry.

Volume (Year): 34 (1996)
Issue (Month): 1 (January)
Pages: 133-51
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