Tipping as a strategic investment in service quality: An optimal-control analysis of repeated interactions in the service industry

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 246-260

  Azar, Ofer H ^a   Tobol, Yossi ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 49149092159     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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