Reputation, certification, warranties, and information as remedies for seller-buyer information asymmetries: Lessons from the online comic book market

Journal of Business

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 693-729

  Dewally, Michaël ^a   Ederington, Louis ^b  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 28644440987     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499169     Document Type: Review

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