Market power and product quality: review of the literature
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Keywords
Product quality; search goods; experience goods; advertising and reputation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- 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-2006-12-01 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-IND-2006-12-01 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-MIC-2006-12-01 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-MKT-2006-12-01 (Marketing)
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