Customer return policies for experience goods: The impact of product price and consumer search costs on seller-provided informational cues

Applied Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 331-336

  Mixon Jr , Franklin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

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CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 13044311389     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368499324318     Document Type: Article

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