When the Baby Cries at Night: Inelastic Buyers in Non-Competitive Markets
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- Giacomo Calzolari & Andrea Ichino & Francesco Manaresi & Viki Nellas, 2013. "When the baby cries at night. Inelastic buyers in non-competitive markets," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) 914, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
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Keywords
demand elasticity; consumer's information; price competition; pharmacies; regression discontinuity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2014-12-03 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-MKT-2014-12-03 (Marketing)
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