Information Provision in a Vertically Differentiated Competitive Marketplace

Dmitri Kuksov
Dmitri Kuksov
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Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130
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Yuanfang Lin
Yuanfang Lin
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School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2R6, Canada
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Dmitri Kuksov

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Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130

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Yuanfang Lin

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School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2R6, Canada

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Published Online:19 May 2009https://doi.org/10.1287/mksc.1090.0486

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