On the use of labels in credence goods markets

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-252

  Bonroy, Olivier ^a   Constantatos, Christos ^b  

^a INRA University Pierre Mendes France   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Credence goods; Incomplete information; Label; Vertical differentiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 43349086315     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-008-9058-z     Document Type: Article

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