Scanner data and the measurement of inflation

Economic Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 472, 2001, Pages 383-404

  Silver, Mick ^a   Heravi, Saeed ^a  

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EID: 0013066535     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00636     Document Type: Article

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