Advertising and the Professions
International Journal of AdvertisingPublished 1 January 1984
Stanley Siebert
Citations9
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SJR score2.91
SNIP2.57
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Abstract
Why do the self-regulating professions, such as medicine and law, ban advertising? What would be the consequences for the price and quality of professional services if the ban on advertising were lifted?
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Economics, Econometrics and FinancePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
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