A Scent of Lemon—Seller Meets Buyer with a Noisy Quality Observation

We consider a market for lemons in which the seller is a monopolistic price setter and the buyer receives a private noisy signal of the product’s quality. We model this as a game and analyze perfect Bayesian equilibrium prices, trading probabilities and gains of trade. In particular, we vary the buy...

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Main Authors: Jörgen W. Weibull, Mark Voorneveld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-03-01
Series:Games
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/2/1/163/