Spurious complexity and common standards in markets for consumer goods
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- Alexia Gaudeul & Robert Sugden, 2012. "Spurious Complexity and Common Standards in Markets for Consumer Goods," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 79(314), pages 209-225, April.
- Gaudeul, Alexia, 2007. "Spurious Complexity and Common Standards in Markets for Consumer Goods," MPRA Paper 19647, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Alexia Gaudeul & Robert Sugden, 2007. "Spurious Complexity and Common Standards in Markets for Consumer Goods," Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Competition Policy (CCP) 2007-20, Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK..
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Keywords
common standard; spurious complexity; cognitive limitations;JEL classification:
- 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
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2009-10-24 (Cognitive & Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-COM-2009-10-24 (Industrial Competition)
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