Advertising Content

Simon Anderson and Régis Renault

Virginia Economics Online Papers from University of Virginia, Department of Economics

Abstract: Empirical evidence suggests that most advertisements contain little direct informa- tion. Many do not mention prices. We analyze a firm'ss choice of advertising content and the information disclosed to consumers. A firm advertises only product informa- tion, price information, or both; and prefers to convey only limited product information if possible. Extending the "persuasion" game, we show that quality information takes precedence over price information and horizontal product information.Though it may help to force the firm to disclose some product information, it is socially harmful to force it to provide full information if it has sufficient ability to parse the information imparted.

Keywords: informative advertising; search; content analysis; information disclosure; persuasion game (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D42 L15 M37 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2002-12
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Journal Article: Advertising Content (2006)
Working Paper: Advertising Content (2005)
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