Buyer Search Costs and Endogenous Product Design

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When More Alternatives Lead to Less Choice (2010, background): “4 See, for example, Kuksov (2004) , for the impact of search costs on price competition and product design.”
Communication Strategies and Product Line Design (2004, unknown): “through active search (Kuksov 2004).”
How is the Mobile Internet Different (2012, background): “Similarly, Kuksov (2004) argues that lower search costs increase the incentives to differentiate.”
The Targeting of Advertising (2005, background): “including price, through search (Kuksov 2004) and through the use”
Consumer Learning, Brand Loyalty, and Competition (2004, background): “Similarly, in some markets consumer search, or prepurchase inspection, may be costly (e.g., Kuksov 2003 ), and not be enough to evaluate product fit.”
Measuring the Cost of Cybercrime (2012, background): “Only reduced search costs have a net effect on the economy and may guide estimates of indirect losses – disregarding other possible effects such as wider product differentiation leading to higher prices in the long run [34].”
Retailer, Manufacturers, and Individual Consumers: Modeling the Supply Side in the Ketchup Marketplace (2005, background): “Competition may be low between retailers because of high search costs across retailers (for the role of search costs in markets in another setting, see Kuksov 2004a, b).”