Moral hazard, vertical integration, and public monitoring in credence goods

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 271-279

  Vetter, Henrik ^a   Karantininis, Kostas ^b  

^a Statsbibliotek Århus   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Credence goods; Moral hazard; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344585354     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurrag/29.2.271     Document Type: Article

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