When product quality is unobservable before purchase, the equilibrium price may be inefficiently high in order to signal high quality. The paper builds a reputation model where under reasonable assumptions nonprofit organizations can credibly charge lower prices than for-profit organizations

Uninformed Customers and Nonprofit Organizations: Modelling Contract Failure Theory

CHILLEMI, OTTORINO;GUI, BENEDETTO
2004

Abstract

When product quality is unobservable before purchase, the equilibrium price may be inefficiently high in order to signal high quality. The paper builds a reputation model where under reasonable assumptions nonprofit organizations can credibly charge lower prices than for-profit organizations
2004
The economics of nonprofit enterprises
9781843760368
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