Misselling through agents

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 883-908

  Inderst, Roman ^a   Ottaviani, Marco ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70849091605     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.3.883     Document Type: Article

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