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Market Institutions: An Expository Essay

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  • Singh, Nirvikar

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This essay provides an elementary, unified introduction to the models of market institutions that go beyond the competitive model of price-taking behavior on both sides of the market. Several models of market institutions that govern price determination are explored and compared, including contracting, posted prices, bilateral bargaining, middlemen, and auctions. While equilibrium models still do not capture the full possibilities for market behavior, modeling specific market institutions reduces the level of abstraction inherent in the standard competitive model.

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  • Singh, Nirvikar, 2010. "Market Institutions: An Expository Essay," MPRA Paper 21559, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. Singh, Nirvikar, 2010. "Uncertainty and Information: An Expository Essay," MPRA Paper 21556, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. R. Manning & P. B. Morgan, 1982. "Search and Consumer Theory," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 49(2), pages 203-216.
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    Keywords

    market institutions; contracting; posted prices; bilateral bargaining; middlemen; auctions;
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    JEL classification:

    • D02 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
    • D40 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - General

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