Do cost-based pricing biases persist in laboratory markets?

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 717-739

  Waller, William S ^a   Shapiro, Brian ^b   Sevcik, Galen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033228909     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-3682(99)00009-4     Document Type: Article

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