Vertical Differentiation With Optimistic Misperceptions And Information Disparities
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Keywords
asymmetric information; brand premium; quality uncertainty;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L15 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Information and Product Quality
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2017-05-28 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-MIC-2017-05-28 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-MKT-2017-05-28 (Marketing)
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