On Mergers in Consumer Search Markets
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Keywords
consnmer search; mergers; price dispersion;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D40 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - General
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-MIC-2007-08-08 (Microeconomics)
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