Segmented communication and fashionable behavior

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 371-385

  Corneo, Giacomo ^a   Jeanne, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Communication structure; Fashion; Product life cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033163910     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(99)00046-3     Document Type: Article

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