Preferences, confusion and competition
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- Hefti, Andreas & Liu, Shuo & Schmutzler, Armin, 2020. "Preferences, Confusion and Competition," CEPR Discussion Papers 14700, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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Keywords
Obfuscation; consumerconfusion; differentiated products; price competition; polarized/indecisive preferences; political competition;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- M30 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2020-05-11 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-GEN-2020-05-11 (Gender)
- NEP-IND-2020-05-11 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-MIC-2020-05-11 (Microeconomics)
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