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Objectivity, informationally imperfect markets, advertising-as-information and all that: A reply to Sentell, Nelson, and Hart

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E. Scott Maynes is Professor and Chairman, Department of Consumer Economics and Housing, New York State College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853. U.S.A.

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Maynes, E.S. Objectivity, informationally imperfect markets, advertising-as-information and all that: A reply to Sentell, Nelson, and Hart. J Consum Policy 4, 346–352 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00380570

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