Retail price cycles and response asymmetry;Cycles des prix de détail et réponse asymétrique

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 52-77

  Eckert, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKET CONDITIONS; OIL INDUSTRY; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; RETAILING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

EID: 2142660852     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-5982.00120     Document Type: Article

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