The market value of rarity

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 445-457

  Koford, Kenneth ^a   Tschoegl, Adrian E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collectibles; D12; Hedonic; L15; L83; Numismatics; Rarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032012413     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(97)00084-X     Document Type: Article

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