Learning about new products: An empirical study of physicians' behavior

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 876-898

  Ferreyra, Maria Marta ^a   Kosenok, Grigory ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW ECONOMIC SCHOOL   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG INDUSTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

DRUG INDUSTRY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 79959732693     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2010.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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