Quality, Prices and Hedonics

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 351-366

  Silver, Mick ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0005118693     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/758539572     Document Type: Article

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