Technological advances, transaction costs, and consumer welfare

Marketing Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Tyagi, Rajeev K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer homogenization; Product features; Product pricing; Technological advances; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 4944258491     PISSN: 07322399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mksc.1030.0038     Document Type: Article

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