Product innovations and quality-adjusted prices

Economics Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 393-398

  Fishman, Arthur ^a   Rob, Rafael ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Durable goods; Product innovation; Quality; Quality adjusted prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036829326     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(02)00154-4     Document Type: Article

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