Consumer response to quantity surcharges: Implications for retail price setters

Journal of Retailing

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 373-399

  Manning, Kenneth C ^a   Sprott, David E ^b   Miyazaki, Anthony D ^c  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 0032161503     PISSN: 00224359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4359(99)80101-8     Document Type: Article

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