The economics of nested names: Name specificity, reputations, and price premia

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1339-1350

  Costanigro, Marco ^a   McCluskey, Jill J ^b   Goemans, Christopher ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collective reputation; nested names; quality; wine

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL PRICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650598262     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aaq065     Document Type: Article

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