Download This PaperConsumer Welfare Consequences of Exchanges of Cost Information
9 Pages Posted: 13 Mar 2001
Date Written: February 2001
Abstract
We show that exchanges of cost information in models with entry may benefit consumers in a wide range of market structures, including multimarket models with independently distributed costs and duopolies. These results contrast with previous findings in models without entry.
JEL Classification: L11, D82, C15
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Richard, Oliver M. and Armantier, Olivier, Consumer Welfare Consequences of Exchanges of Cost Information (February 2001). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=262026 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.262026
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