The effect of information on the well-being of the uninformed: What's the chance of getting a decent meal in an unfamiliar city?

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-162

  Albrecht, James ^a   Lang, Harald ^b   Vroman, Susan ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consumer information; Product quality; Search

Indexed keywords

EID: 31244436602     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7187(00)00074-6     Document Type: Article

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