How do households choose quality and time to replacement for a rapidly improving durable good?

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 302-311

  Prince, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a Department of Applied Economics and Management ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Durable good; Personal computer; Quality choice; Replacement cycle length; Vertical differentiation

Indexed keywords

OBSOLESCENCE;

DURABLE GOOD; PERSONAL COMPUTER; QUALITY CHOICE; REPLACEMENT CYCLE LENGTH; VERTICAL DIFFERENTIATION;

PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

EID: 59149092796     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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