Consumer heterogeneity and strategic quality decisions

Management Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-172

  Rhee, Byong Duk ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer Heterogeneity; Logit; Quality; Quality Differentiation; Two Stage Game; Unique versus Identical Qualities; Unobservable Attributes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012247349     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.42.2.157     Document Type: Article

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