Economic Signals Prize Promotions, Anonymous Giving, and Political Advertisements /

• Main Author: Tamura, Masaoki (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Development Bank of Japan Research Series,
• Subjects: Industrial organization.; Industrial Organization.

This Brief sheds new light on three specific aspects of economic behavior - companies offering prize promotions, individuals making anonymous donations, and politicians creating political advertisements. These are considered signals that firms send to consumers, donors send to others, and politician...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Tools Used in this Book
• 2 Prize Promotions for Solving Firms' Time Inconsistency
• 3 Giving and Anonymous Giving for Signaling
• 4 A Signaling Explanation for Political Parties and Advertisements.