Location choice as a signal for product quality: The economics of "Made in Germany"

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 510-531

  Haucap, Justus ^a   Christian, Wey ^a   Barmbold, Jens F ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0039471905     PISSN: 09324569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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