Self-confirming price dispersion in monetary economies

In a monetary economy, we show that price dispersion arises as an equilibrium outcome without the need for costly simultaneous search or any heterogeneity in preferences, production costs, or search technologies. A distribution of money holdings among buyers makes sellers indifferent across a set of...

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Main Authors: Baughman, G. (Author), Rabinovich, S. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academic Press Inc. 2019
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