Price and money-back guarantees as signals of product quality

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 361-377

  Shieh, Shiou ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0030304036     PISSN: 10586407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1430-9134.1996.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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