Does information undermine brand? Information intermediary use and preference for branded web retailers

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 425-449

  Waldfogel, Joel ^a,b   Chen, Lu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 33845713610     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: 14676451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6451.2006.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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