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A note on the value of public information in monopoly

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  • Alexander Saak, 2007. "A note on the value of public information in monopoly," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 33(2), pages 369-379, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joecth:v:33:y:2007:i:2:p:369-379
    DOI: 10.1007/s00199-006-0137-z
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    1. Subir Bose & Gerhard Orosel & Marco Ottaviani & Lise Vesterlund, 2008. "Monopoly pricing in the binary herding model," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 37(2), pages 203-241, November.

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    Keywords

    Monopoly; Product quality; Public information; Affiliation; Right-tail increasing; Linkage principle; D42; D82; D83; L15;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D42 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Monopoly
    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • L15 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Information and Product Quality

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