Shrouded Attributes, Consumer Myopia, and Information Suppression in Competitive Markets
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Publication:3401190
DOI10.1162/QJEC.2006.121.2.505zbMath1179.91124OpenAlexW3122035289MaRDI QIDQ3401190
Publication date: 29 January 2010
Published in: The Quarterly Journal of Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:4554333
Auctions, bargaining, bidding and selling, and other market models (91B26) Consumer behavior, demand theory (91B42)
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