Dynamic pricing in retail gasoline markets

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 429-451

  Borenstein, Severin ^a,b   Shepard, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0030494213     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2555838     Document Type: Article

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