An empirical analysis of price endings with scanner data

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-67

  Stiving, Mark ^b   Winer, Russell S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031482761     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/209493     Document Type: Article

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