Inferior Products and Profitable Deception
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- Heidhues, Paul & Köszegi, Botond & Murooka, Takeshi, 2017. "Inferior Products and Profitable Deception," Munich Reprints in Economics 55055, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
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Keywords
Deceptive product; Inferior product; Naivete; Profitable deception; Mutual funds; Credit cards;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
- D18 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Protection
- D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
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