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Original Article

Reputations in Markets With Asymmetric Information: A Classroom Game

James R. Wolf Assistant professor of information systems, Illinois State University
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Mark A. Myerscough Information Technology Director, Wilber and Associates, Bloomington, IL
Pages 393-405 | Published online: 07 Aug 2010

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