Signalling product quality: When is price relevant?

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 257-266

  Jones, Philip ^a   Hudson, John ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kinked demand; Quality; Signals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030210872     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(96)00883-9     Document Type: Article

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