Coordinate to obfuscate? The role of prior announcements of recommended prices
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109680
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- Foros, Øystein & Nguyen-Ones, Mai, 2020. "Coordinate to obfuscate? The role of prior announcements of recommended prices," Discussion Papers 2020/14, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Business and Management Science.
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Keywords
Price coordination; Consumer obfuscation; Prior announcements;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
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