Synchronization of price changes by multiproduct firms: Evidence from Canadian newspaper prices

Economics Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 271-277

  Fisher, Timothy C G ^a   Konieczny, Jerzy D ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

D40; L16; Pricing; Staggering; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034376212     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(00)00231-7     Document Type: Article

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