I consider an adverse selection model of product quality. Consumers observe the performance of the firm's products, and product performance is positively related to the firm's (privately observed) quality level. If a firm is to launch a new product, should it use the same name as its base product (reputation stretching), or should it create a new name (and start a new reputation history)? I show that for a given level of past performance (reputation), firms stretch if and only if quality is sufficiently high. Stretching thus signals high quality.
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Volume (Year): 31 (2000) Issue (Month): 4 (Winter) Pages: 658-673 Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML
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