Transparency and product variety:

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We study long run effects of transparency on the consumer side in a differentiated market. Only some consumers know prices. Increasing transparency reduces the equilibrium price, profit and firm entry. This improves welfare and, in most cases, average consumer utility.
Original languageEnglish
JournalEconomics Letters
Volume102
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)165-168
Number of pages4
ISSN0165-1765
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

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