The measurement of retail output and the retail revolution

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 408-425

  Nakamura, Leonard I ^a  

^a NONE

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRICE DETERMINATION; RETAILING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032841388     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/136429     Document Type: Article

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