Preference for product variety and city size

Urban Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-51

  Ogawa, Hikaru ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CITY SIZE; CONSUMER PREFERENCE; HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOUR; MODELLING APPROACH; PRODUCT VARIETY;

EID: 0031981899     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0042098985069     Document Type: Article

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