Can Prominence Matter even in an Almost Frictionless Market?

Economic Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 556, 2011, Pages

  Rhodes, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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INTERNET; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 80054933032     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2011.02465.x     Document Type: Article

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