Price competition and reputation in credence goods markets: Experimental evidence
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- Mimra, Wanda & Rasch, Alexander & Waibel, Christian, 2016. "Price competition and reputation in credence goods markets: Experimental evidence," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 100(C), pages 337-352.
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Keywords
Credence good; Expert; Fraud; Price competition; Reputation; Overcharging; Undertreatment.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- L15 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Information and Product Quality
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2013-04-06 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-CTA-2013-04-06 (Contract Theory and Applications)
- NEP-EXP-2013-04-06 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-MKT-2013-04-06 (Marketing)
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