Recovering from a bad reputation: Changing beliefs about the quality of U.S. autos

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 299-318

  Nichols, Mark W ^a   Fournier, Gary M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobiles; D83; Durable goods; L62; Quality improvements; Reputation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033483367     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7187(98)00022-8     Document Type: Article

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