Contextual inference in markets: On the informational content of product lines

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2127-2149

  Kamenica, Emir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 58149233759     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.5.2127     Document Type: Article

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