An international comparison of the determinants of retail gross margins

Empirica

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-189

  Betancourt, Roger R ^a   Gautschi, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

International comparison retail margins

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042978443     PISSN: 03408744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00925338     Document Type: Review

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