Price and advertising as signals of quality when some consumers are informed

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 931-947

  Linnemer, Laurent ^a  

^a CREST   (France)

Author keywords

Advertising; Durable good; Quality; Signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645741351     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7187(01)00081-9     Document Type: Article

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