Is Japan's retail sector truly distinctive?

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-191

  Flath, David ^a   Nariu, Tatsuhiko ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANZAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0030268380     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcec.1996.0053     Document Type: Article

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