Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/31189 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper No. 1401
Publisher: 
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science, Evanston, IL
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the possibility that wealth (holdings of money) serves as a signal of ability to produce high quality products for agents who cannot directly observe the quality of the products. A producer's wealth may advertise past success in selling products to agents who knew the producer's ability and thus signal its ability. This analysis shows that such signaling effects may arise in equilibrium and may lead to more unequal distributions of wealth and lower welfare than would otherwise arise.
Subjects: 
Random matching
Money holdings
Signaling
Distribution of wealth
Welfare
Divisible money
Product quality
JEL: 
E40
D82
D83
D31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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