Reputation for Quality

Econometrica

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2381-2462

  Board, Simon ^a   Meyer ter Vehn, Moritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm dynamics; Investment; Monitoring processes; Reputation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887552457     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA9039     Document Type: Article

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