Product variety in religious markets

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-19

  Hull, Brooks B ^a   Bold, Frederick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Church; Concentration; Product variety; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002833902     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346769800000001     Document Type: Article

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