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Prominence and consumer search [PDF]
, 2007 This paper examines the implications of “prominence” in search markets. We model prominence by supposing that the prominent firm will be sampled first by all consumers.
Armstrong, M., Vickers, J., Zhou, J.
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Welfare analysis with uncertain market segment proportions
Journal of Management Science and EngineeringThis study theoretically explores the impact of market segmentation uncertainty on producers’ production decisions and their subsequent effects on producers’ profits, consumer surplus, and social welfare.
Yijun Wang +3 more
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The Welfare Consequences of Hospital Mergers [PDF]
In the 1990s the US hospital industry consolidated. This paper estimates the impact of the wave of hospital mergers on welfare focusing on the impact on consumer surplus for the under-65 population.
Douglas Wholey +3 more
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An Analysis of Watermove Water Markets [PDF]
This paper conducts an analysis of the water markets in Victoria covered by Watermove. The analysis in this paper examines the weekly trading activity across trading zones.
Edwyna Harris, Robert Brooks
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An early mathematical presentation of consumer's surplus [PDF]
This paper shows the first presentation of consumer's surplus as a definite integral is in Launhardt''s 1885 masterpiece, Mathematische Begrundung Der Volkswirtschaftslehre.
Yeung-Nan Shieh
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The Economics of Secondhand Retail Trade: An Analysis of the Market for Ukay-ukay [PDF]
In recent years, the market for secondhand garments has flourished from its considered capital, Baguio City, province of Benguet. It is clear that people see this market as an alternative to counterpart goods burdened with soaring prices; however, with ...
Abueg, Luisito C.
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A Note on the Redistributive Effect of Immigration [PDF]
In this paper, we study gains and losses that accrue to natives because of immigration. The gain on the aggregated level is called the 'immigration surplus', which can be seen as analogous to a consumer surplus.
Hans Roodenburg, Rob Euwals
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The effects of quotas on vertical intra-industry trade [PDF]
A quota on foreign competition will generally lead to quality-upgrading (downgrading) of the low-quality (high-quality) firm, an increase in average quality, a reduction of quality differentiation, and a reduction of domestic consumer surplus ...
Lutz, Stefan
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Modeling the Pricing Strategy of Platform Regarding Customers’ Outside Options
IEEE AccessWe introduce a novel platform framework in which consumers have an outside option, resulting in an uncovered market on the consumer side, while the seller side operates as a covered market.
Lingcheng Kong, Ao Wang, Shuang Liu
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Tobacco Regulation and Cost-Benefit Analysis: How Should We Value Foregone Consumer Surplus? [PDF]
Am J Health Econ, 2018 Levy HG, Norton EC, Smith JA.
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