The effects of price information and communication in markets with capacity constraints

• Verfasst von: Momsen, Katharina [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The effects of price information and communication in markets with capacity constraints
• Titelzusatz: an experiment
• Verf.angabe: Katharina Momsen
• E-Jahr: 2021
• Jahr: 05 July 2021
• Umfang: 22 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 07.08.2023
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Journal of economics & management strategy
• Ort Quelle: Boston, Mass. [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell, 1992
• Jahr Quelle: 2021
• Band/Heft Quelle: 30(2021), 4 vom: Nov., Seite 871-892
• ISSN Quelle: 1530-9134
• DOI: doi:10.1111/jems.12438
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1854462296

Abstract

Limited price information and miscoordination reduce buyer surplus in markets with capacity-constrained sellers. In an experiment, I study the effects of facilitating buyer coordination through communication and increasing the availability of price information. Improved coordination leads to an increase in trade and, under full price information, in prices. Whereas sellers benefit, buyers suffer more from the increase in prices than they benefit from the increase in trade. The impact of better price information depends on the presence of communication: with communication, an additional informed buyer induces sellers to raise their prices, yet without communication, one additional informed buyer provokes a price decrease.