The market for “lemons”: Quality uncertainty and the market mechanism

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1970, Pages 488-500

  Akerlof, George A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

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EID: 85005305538     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1879431     Document Type: Note

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