Uncertain Costs and Vertical Differentiation in an Insurance Duopoly

作者: Radoslav Raykov

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摘要: Classical oligopoly models predict that firms differentiate vertically as a way of softening price competition, but some metrics suggest very little quality differentiation in the U.S. auto insurance market.

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