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Emergence of product differentiation from consumer heterogeneity and asymmetric information

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  • L. Lü
  • M. Medo

  • Y. Zhang
  • D. Challet

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We introduce a fully probabilistic framework of consumer product choice based on quality assessment. It allows us to capture many aspects of marketing such as partial information asymmetry, quality differentiation, and product placement in a supermarket.
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  • L. Lü & M. Medo & Y. Zhang & D. Challet, 2008. "Emergence of product differentiation from consumer heterogeneity and asymmetric information," The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, Springer;EDP Sciences, vol. 64(2), pages 293-300, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eurphb:v:64:y:2008:i:2:p:293-300
    DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2008-00289-3
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