Hotel quality appraisal on the Internet: A market for lemons?

Tourism Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 345-360

  Fernández Barcala, Marta ^a   González Díaz, Manuel ^a   Prieto Rodríguez, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Hotels; Incentive problem; Internet; Quality appraisal

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; INCENTIVE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; LEISURE INDUSTRY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET;

EID: 77952723418     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000010791305635     Document Type: Conference Paper

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