Review of Economic Studies Vol. 52 No. 3 1985

Equilibrium Price Distributions

Rafael Rob^1,2

¹ California University of Pennsylvania · ² University of Pennsylvania

Abstract

Equilibrium price distributions (for a homogeneous product) consistent with individual incentives are investigated. They arise in informationally imperfect markets in which the only primitive datum is the distribution of search costs. It is shown that single, multi- and continuous price distributions are all viable long-run phenomena depending on the nature of search costs. A method for computing equilibrium price distributions is also provided.

DOI

10.2307/2297666

Volume

52

Issue

3

Pages

487

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