Market share instability: An application of unit root tests to the cigarette industry

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 473-480

  Gallet, Craig A ^a   List, John A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarettes; Convergence; Market share instability

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944420950     PISSN: 00129933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0148-6195(01)00042-x     Document Type: Article

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