Causes and consequences of price premiums

Journal of Business

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 511-535

  Rao, Akshay ^b   Monroe, Kent B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040456840     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/209703     Document Type: Article

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