On the market for “Lemons”: quality provision in markets with asymmetric information

Abstract Akerlof’s “Lemons” paper provides a seminal economic result suggesting that, in markets with asymmetric information where product quality is unobservable by consumers prior to purchase and use, the introduction of a low-quality product will drive its higher quality counterpart(s) out of the...

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Main Authors: Konstantinos Giannakas, Murray Fulton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2020-12-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-00658-w