Planned Obsolescence and the Provision of Unobservable Quality
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- Elisabetta Iossa & Patrick Rey, 2014.
"Building Reputation For Contract Renewal: Implications For Performance Dynamics And Contract Duration,"
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Obsolescence; unobservable quality; reputation; repeated games;JEL classification:
- L15 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Information and Product Quality
- D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
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