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

David Laibson, Xavier Gabaix

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



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