Search, adverse selection, and the services of financial experts

Financial Services Review, Winter 2003 by Ligon, James A

Acknowledgments

I wish to thank Patricia Danzon, Mark Pauly, Neil Doherty, Jerry Rosenbloom, Ed Campos, Lisa Posey, Paul Thistle, Robert McLeod, and Conrad Ciccotello, the editor, for helpful comments on prior drafts.

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