Consumer Search and Oligopolistic Pricing: An Empirical Investigation
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Date of creation: 29 Jun 2004
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Keywords: consumer search; oligopoly; price dispersion; maximum likelihood estimation;Other versions of this item:
- Maarten C. W. Janssen & José Luis Moraga-González & Matthijs R. Wildenbeest, 2004. "Consumer Search and Oligopolistic Pricing: An Empirical Investigation," CESifo Working Paper Series 1292, CESifo Group Munich.
- C13 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Estimation: General
- D40 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure and Pricing - - - General
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
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- NEP-ALL-2004-08-23 (All new papers)
- NEP-COM-2004-08-23 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-DCM-2004-08-23 (Discrete Choice Models)
- NEP-IND-2004-08-31 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-MIC-2004-08-23 (Microeconomics)
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