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The Economics of Information
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The author systematically examines one of the important issues of information — establishing the market price. He introduces the concept of «search» — where a buyer wanting to get a better price, is forced to question sellers. The article deals with various aspects of finding the necessary information.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Stigler, G. J.
- Venue
- Journal of Political Economy
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1961-06
- Volume
- 69
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 213-225
- ISSN
- 0022-3808 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-534X
- OpenAlex
- W2337394005
- Cited by
- 5,155
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 6.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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