Product safety, buybacks, and the post-sale duty to warn

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 515-539

  Spier, Kathryn E ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 80455123705     PISSN: 87566222     EISSN: 14657341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jleo/ewp029     Document Type: Article

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