A reconsideration of hedonic price indexes with an application to PC's

American Economic Review

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1578-1596

  Pakes, Ariel ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 2942752276     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282803322655455     Document Type: Review

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