dc.contributor.author | Friedrichsen, Jana | de |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-15T06:39:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-02-15T06:39:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | de |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/46110 | |
dc.description.abstract | In this paper, I study markets where consumers are heterogeneous with respect to both their concerns for the quality of goods and the image associated with them. Consumers with a taste for quality lend a positive image to the product of their choice and thereby increase the product's value to others. A monopolist restricts the product portfolio and charges price premia to allocate image along with quality. Heterogeneity in image concerns thereby provides a rationale for pooling consumers with differing quality preferences. Although image is correlated with a product's quality in equilibrium, an increase in the value of image may decrease quality provision. In a competitive market, premium prices are unsustainable so that image-concerned consumers buy excessive quality instead. Monopoly may therefore yield higher welfare than competition. Policy options to remedy the efficiency losses are discussed. (author's abstract) | en |
dc.language | en | de |
dc.subject.ddc | Wirtschaft | de |
dc.subject.ddc | Economics | en |
dc.subject.ddc | Psychologie | de |
dc.subject.ddc | Psychology | en |
dc.title | Image concerns and the provision of quality | de |
dc.description.review | begutachtet | de |
dc.description.review | reviewed | en |
dc.source.volume | SP II 2013-211 | de |
dc.publisher.country | DEU | |
dc.publisher.city | Berlin | de |
dc.source.series | Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Markt und Entscheidung, Abteilung Verhalten auf Märkten | |
dc.subject.classoz | Marketing | de |
dc.subject.classoz | Marketing | en |
dc.subject.classoz | Sozialpsychologie | de |
dc.subject.classoz | Social Psychology | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Motivation | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | motivation | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Konsum | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | consumption | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Ethik | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | ethics | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Image | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | image | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Qualität | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | quality | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Ware | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | commodity | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Markt | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | market | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Verbraucher | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | consumer | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Bild | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | picture | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Produkt | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | product | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Preispolitik | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | pricing policy | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Kaufverhalten | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | buying behavior | en |
dc.rights.licence | Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung | de |
dc.rights.licence | Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications | en |
ssoar.contributor.institution | WZB | de |
internal.status | formal und inhaltlich fertig erschlossen | de |
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dc.type.stock | monograph | de |
dc.type.document | Arbeitspapier | de |
dc.type.document | working paper | en |
dc.source.pageinfo | 86 | de |
internal.identifier.classoz | 1090405 | |
internal.identifier.classoz | 10706 | |
internal.identifier.document | 3 | |
dc.contributor.corporateeditor | Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH | |
internal.identifier.corporateeditor | 381 | |
internal.identifier.ddc | 330 | |
internal.identifier.ddc | 150 | |
dc.description.pubstatus | Veröffentlichungsversion | de |
dc.description.pubstatus | Published Version | en |
internal.identifier.licence | 3 | |
internal.identifier.pubstatus | 1 | |
internal.identifier.review | 2 | |
internal.identifier.series | 961 | |
dc.subject.classhort | 10700 | de |
dc.subject.classhort | 10900 | de |
dc.identifier.handle | https://hdl.handle.net/10419/90651 | |
internal.check.abstractlanguageharmonizer | CERTAIN | |