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来源类型 | Discussion paper |
规范类型 | 论文 |
来源ID | DP15967 |
DP15967 Consumer Search and the Uncertainty Effect | |
Heiko Karle; Heiner Schumacher; Rune Volund | |
发表日期 | 2021-03-26 |
出版年 | 2021 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | We consider a model of Bertrand competition where consumers are uncertain about the qualities and prices of firms' products. Consumers can inspect all products at zero cost. A share of consumers is expectation-based loss averse. For these consumers, a purchase plan, which involves buying products of varying quality and price with positive probability, creates scale-dependent disutility from gain-loss sensations. Even if their degree of loss aversion is modest, they may refrain from inspecting all products and choose an individual default that is first-order stochastically dominated. Firms' strategic behavior can exacerbate the scope for this "uncertainty effect", and sellers of inferior products may earn positive profits despite Bertrand competition. We find suggestive evidence for the predicted association between consumer behavior and loss aversion in new survey data. |
主题 | Industrial Organization |
关键词 | Consumer search Competition Loss aversion |
URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp15967 |
来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/544957 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Heiko Karle,Heiner Schumacher,Rune Volund. DP15967 Consumer Search and the Uncertainty Effect. 2021. |
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