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Browsing versus Studying: A Pro-market Case for Regulation

Browsing versus Studying: A Pro-market Case for Regulation

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Browsing versus Studying: A Pro-market Case for Regulation

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Browsing versus Studying: A Pro-market Case for Regulation

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Journal title

The Review of economic studies, 2021-03, Vol.88 (2 (319)), p.708-729

Language

English

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Oxford University Press

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Contents

We identify a competition-policy-based argument for regulating the secondary features of complex or complexly priced products when consumers have limited attention. Limited attention implies that consumers can only “study” a small number of complex products in full, while—by failing to check secondary features—they can superficially “browse” more....

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Browsing versus Studying: A Pro-market Case for Regulation

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TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1093_restud_rdaa056

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1093_restud_rdaa056

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ISSN

0034-6527

E-ISSN

1467-937X

DOI

10.1093/restud/rdaa056

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