Eliciting Demand Information through Cheap Talk: An Argument in Favor of a Ban on Price Discrimination

Lars Frisell; Johan N. M. Lagerlöf

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2007.09.025

Eliciting Demand Information through Cheap Talk: An Argument in Favor of a Ban on Price Discrimination

Lars Frisell, Johan N. M. Lagerlöf

Department of Economics

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Abstract

A uniform pricing rule may enable the communication of demand information from buyer to seller in situations where this would not have been possible if the seller could price discriminate. Importantly, such a rule can benefit both buyer and seller.

Original language	English
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	99
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	421-424
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0165-1765
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2007.09.025
Publication status	Published - 2008

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