Price dispersion, inflation, and welfare

International Economic Review

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 533-572

  Head, Allen ^a   Kumar, Alok ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 27744495426     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: 14682354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2005.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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