Information Gatekeepers and Price Discrimination on the Internet
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When identical firms pay a fee to list prices at a price comparison site and can price discriminate between consumers who do and don’t use the site, prices listed at the site are dispersed but lower than at firms’ own websites. (JEL Numbers: D4, D8, M3, L13.
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