Return Policy as a Signaling Device in Horizontally Differentiated Products
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Keywords
Return policy; Signaling; Horizontal Differentiation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
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