Sunk costs, profit variability, and turnover

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 367-373

  Gschwandtner, Adelina ^a   Lambson, Val E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645165255     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ei/cbj021     Document Type: Article

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