Customer capital

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1102-1136

  Gourio, François ^a   Rudanko, Leena ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Customer base; Firm dynamics; Investment; Product market search

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; INVESTMENT; MARKET SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84905189964     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdu007     Document Type: Article

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