Position Auctions with Consumer Search

This paper examines a model in which advertisers bid for "sponsored-link" positions on a search engine. The value advertisers derive from each position is endogenized as coming from sales to a population of consumers who make rational inferences about rm qualities and search optimally. Con...

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Main Authors: Athey, Susan (Contributor), Ellison, Glenn (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Harvard University by the MIT Press, 2011-06-28T20:10:08Z.
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