Inferior Products and Pro?table Deception*
product is socially wasteful, then a pro?table deceptive equilibrium always exists. Furthermore, (3) in a market with multiple products, since a superior product both diverts sophisticated consumers and renders an inferior product socially wasteful in comparison, it guarantees that ?rms can pro?tably sell the inferior product by deceiving consumers. We apply our framework to the mutual ...
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