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The role of firm information about product and financial markets is the subject of considerable research. Typically empirical research measures information through price dispersion. However, the dispersion represents an imperfect measure of information. Several studies utilize stochastic frontier estimation techniques to measure worker information about the labor market. This paper determines whether the frontier information measure can be applied to the measurement of firm information about product markets. Several intuitive hypotheses are tested concerning the relationship between firm characteristics and information investments. The results are consistent with expectations and provide support for using stochastic frontier techniques to measure firm information.
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Robst, J., McGOLDRICK, K. The Measurement of Firm Information About Product Demand. Review of Industrial Organization 15, 149–163 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007732110007
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