UNINFORMED CUSTOMERS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION - MODELING CONTRACT FAILURE THEORY

被引:15
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CHILLEMI, O [1 ]
GUI, B [1 ]
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[1] UNIV TRIESTE,I-34127 TRIESTE,ITALY
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10.1016/0165-1765(91)90095-3
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F [经济];
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02 ;
摘要
When product quality is unobservable before purchase, the equilibrium price may be inefficiently high in order to signal high quality. We present a reputation model where under reasonable assumption nonprofit organizations can credibly charge lower prices than for-profit organizations. © 1991.
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