What price fairness? A bargaining study

Management Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 804-823

  Zwick, Rami ^a   Chen, Xiao Ping ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ECONOMICS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; SALES;

BARGAINING; FAIRNESS; FIXED COST; PUNISHMENT;

MARKETING;

EID: 0032632724     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.45.6.804     Document Type: Article

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