Price developments after a nominal shock: Benford's Law and psychological pricing after the euro introduction

International Journal of Research in Marketing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 471-480

  el Sehity, Tarek ^a   Hoelzl, Erik ^a   Kirchler, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Digital analysis; Price endings; Retail pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 30044432710     PISSN: 01678116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijresmar.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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