Prominence and Consumer Search.

This article examines the implications of "prominence" in search markets. We model prominence by supposing that the prominent firm will be sampled first by all consumers. If there are no systematic quality differences among firms, we find that the prominent firm will charge a lower price t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Armstrong, M, Vickers, J, Zhou, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing 2009