Optimizing information in the herd: Guinea pigs, profits, and welfare (Q700131)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1809700
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    Optimizing information in the herd: Guinea pigs, profits, and welfare
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1809700

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      Optimizing information in the herd: Guinea pigs, profits, and welfare (English)
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      30 September 2002
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      This paper evaluates the strategy of forcing a subset of agents to make their decision early from the perspective of a social planner, and a firm with a valuable or valueless product. Promotional activity by firms can be explained as an attempt to overcome the herd externality and maximize sales.
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      social planner
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      valuable or valueless product
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      herd externality
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      maximize sales
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