Consumer privacy and the market for customer information

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 631-650

  Taylor, Curtis R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 14744272901     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1593765     Document Type: Article

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