Why do intermediaries divert search?

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 337-362

  Hagiu, Andrei ^a   Jullien, Bruno ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

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EID: 79957739928     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: 17562171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-2171.2011.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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