What's in a name? Reputation as a tradeable asset

American Economic Review

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 548-563

  Tadelis, Steven ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000387630     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.89.3.548     Document Type: Article

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