Elasticity of demand for search

被引:2
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作者
Arnold, MA
Lippman, SA [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Anderson Grad Sch Management, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
[2] Univ Delaware, Dept Econ, Newark, DE 19716 USA
关键词
search; elasticity; hazard rate;
D O I
10.1016/S0165-1765(99)00282-7
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
This paper investigates the demand elasticity of search. We provide a new characterization of monotone hazard rate and of the first-order condition determining the optimal reservation price, and prove that the demand for information is elastic if the hazard rate function h for the distribution of offers is decreasing and inelastic if h is increasing. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.
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页码:309 / 314
页数:6
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