Price and quality competition under adverse selection: Market organization and efficiency

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 266-286

  Biglaiser, Gary ^b   Ma, Ching To Albert ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0041743703     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1593717     Document Type: Article

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