Using scanner data to estimate country price parities: A hedonic regression approach

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-21

  Heravi, Saeed ^c   Heston, Alan ^a   Silver, Mick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

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EID: 0037363755     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4991.00071     Document Type: Article

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