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Search Costs and Context Effects

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  • Karle, Heiko
  • Kerzenmacher, Florian
  • Schumacher, Heiner
  • Verboven, Frank

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  • Karle, Heiko & Kerzenmacher, Florian & Schumacher, Heiner & Verboven, Frank, 2023. "Search Costs and Context Effects," VfS Annual Conference 2023 (Regensburg): Growth and the "sociale Frage" 277612, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
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    • C90 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - General
    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness

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