Counterfeiters: Foes or friends? How counterfeits affect sales by product quality tier

Management Science

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2381-2400

  Qian, Yi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Counterfeit; Fashion; Intellectual property rights

Indexed keywords

CRIME; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PURCHASING; SALES;

ADVERTISING EFFECTS; CHINA; COUNTERFEIT; FASHION; HETEROGENEOUS EFFECTS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; SUBSTITUTION EFFECT;

MARKETING;

EID: 84900988843     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2014.1932     Document Type: Article

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