Do higher search costs make the markets less competitive?
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Keywords
non-sequential search; sequential search; oligopoly; search cost heterogeneity; homogeneous products; di erentiated products;All these keywords.
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- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
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