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T1 Cost reduction and consumer search
A1 Pereira, Pedro
AB Some markets are characterized by a systematic relation between how costly it is for consumers to observe prices, market power, and incentives to reduce costs. This paper offers a model of such markets and discusses incentives to invest in cost reduction. I develop two partial equilibrium models, aue static, other dynamic, where technology is determined endogenoussly throug stochastic investment, firms set prices, entry is free and consumers search for prices. I use the static model to discuss market power and price controls and the dynamic model to discuss cost volatility and predation.
PB Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales. Instituto Complutense de Análisis Económico (ICAE)
YR 1998
FD 1998
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/64206
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/64206
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 3 abr 2025