Adverse selection for luxury goods in online auctions

Journal of Internet Commerce

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 268-287

  Qin, Li ^a   Gulati, Anil ^b   He, Ling ^c   Fang, Wei ^d  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^d Rutgers Law Library   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Electronic markets; Information asymmetry; Lemons market; Luxury goods; Online auctions; Transaction cost; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951661094     PISSN: 15332861     EISSN: 1533287X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332860903467706     Document Type: Article

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