Transparency, entry, and productivity

This paper studies the relationship between transparency on the consumer side and productivity of firms. We show that more transparent markets are characterized by higher average productivity as firms with low productivity abstain from entering these markets.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Gu, Yiquan ; Wenzel, Tobias
Publisher:	Düsseldorf : Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
Subject:	Market Transparency \| Firm Productivity \| Salop Model \| Heterogeneous Firms

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Series:	DICE Discussion Paper ; 39
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
ISBN:	978-3-86304-038-3
Other identifiers:	675790018 [GVK] hdl:10419/52686 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:dicedp:39 [RePEc]
Classification:	D24 - Production; Capital and Total Factor Productivity; Capacity ; L13 - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets ; L15 - Information and Product Quality; Standardization and Compatibility
Source:	EconStor

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