Import price elasticities: Reconsidering the evidence;Les élasticités prix des importations: Un nouveau coup d'oeil aux résultats

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 282-306

  Erkel Rousse, Hélène ^a   Mirza, Daniel ^a  

^a TEAM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); IMPORT; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 0013258542     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-5982.00131     Document Type: Article

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