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Pricing and Trust
Steffen Huck
Gabriele K. Ruchala
Jean-Robert Tyran
出版
Centre for Economic Policy Research
, 2007
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Alu2MQEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
We experimentally examine the effects of flexible and fixed prices in markets for experience goods in which demand is driven by trust. With flexible prices, we observe low prices and high quality in competitive (oligopolistic) markets, and high prices coupled with low quality in non-competitive (monopolistic) markets. We then introduce a regulated intermediate price above the oligopoly price and below the monopoly price. The effect in monopolies is more or less in line with standard intuition. As price falls volume increases and so does quality, such that overall efficiency is raised by 50%. However, quite in contrast to standard intuition, we also observe an efficiency rise in response to regulation in oligopolies. Both, transaction volume and traded quality are, in fact, maximal in regulated oligopolies.