Tipping and service quality: Results from a large database

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1505-1510

  Kerr, Peter M ^a   Domazlicky, Bruce R ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; ECONOMETRICS; INCOME; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERVICE PROVISION; SERVICE SECTOR; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350148378     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850701578827     Document Type: Article

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