The Informational Role of Prices
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- Leonard J. Mirman & Marc Santugini, 2019. "The Informational Role of Prices," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 121(2), pages 606-629, April.
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Keywords
Asymmetric information; Dominant Firm with Fringe Competition; Informational externality; Learning; Quality; Signaling.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
- D42 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Monopoly
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
- L12 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Monopoly; Monopolization Strategies
- 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-CFN-2008-10-07 (Corporate Finance)
- NEP-COM-2008-10-07 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-CTA-2008-10-07 (Contract Theory and Applications)
- NEP-GTH-2008-10-07 (Game Theory)
- NEP-IND-2008-10-07 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-MIC-2008-10-07 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-MST-2008-10-07 (Market Microstructure)
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