Lowering consumer search costs can lead to higher prices
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.10.011
Abstract: We demonstrate that regulations that lower consumer search costs and make them less heterogeneous across consumers can lead to higher prices charged by firms. We estimate the distribution of consumer search costs for 366 isolated… read more here.
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