Patterns of retail price variation

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 128-146

  Hosken, Daniel ^a   Reiffen, David ^b  

^a FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

^b US Commodity Fut Trdg Commission   (United States)

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EID: 2442704125     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1593733     Document Type: Article

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