Adverse selection and market substitution by electronic trade

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 175-193

  Fabel, Oliver ^a   Lehmann, Erik E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adverse Selection; E COMMERCE; Efficient Search And Learning; Market Substitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876887282     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571510210134646     Document Type: Article

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