A new look at old coefficients. The price-quality relationships re-evaluated

Journal of Consumer Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-145

  Imkamp, Heiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Market efficiency; Market failure; Price quality relation; Quality indicators; Workable competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249122913     PISSN: 01687034     EISSN: 15730700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10603-007-9052-3     Document Type: Article

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