Shopping malls, platforms and consumer search

We consider a model of a market for differentiated goods in which firms are located in marketplaces e.g., shopping malls or platforms. There are search frictions between marketplaces, but not within. Marketplaces differ in size. We show that an equilibrium in which consumers start their search at th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Parakhonyak, A, Titova, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018