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International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2021
Abstract Competition and consumer search costs can lead to price dispersion in an oligopoly. IO research has long identified the existence of search costs and estimated their distribution and is now beginning to study which consumers sit where in the distribution.
David P. Byrne, Leslie A. Martin
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Search and Consumer Theory

The Review of Economic Studies, 1982
A consumer faces list prices for commodities, but can buy one at a discount. Discounts vary randomly between sellers. The number of quotations sought depends on list prices, search costs and wealth. This function is homogeneous of degree zero, and, provided some sufficient conditions are satisfied, is; increasing in wealth; decreasing in search cost ...
Manning, R., Morgan, P. B.
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Mapping Online Consumer Search

Journal of Marketing Research, 2009
The authors propose a new method to visualize browsing behavior in so-called product search maps. Manufacturers can use these maps to understand how consumers search for competing products before choice, including how information acquisition and product search are organized along brands, product attributes, and price-related search strategies.
Kim, Jun Beom +2 more
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