Do gasoline prices respond asymmetrically to crude oil price changes?

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 304-339

  Borenstein, Severin ^a   Colin Cameron, A ^a   Gilbert, Richard ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC PATTERN; CRUDE OIL PRICES; PETROLEUM PRICES; PRICE CHANGE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0030726245     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355397555118     Document Type: Article

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