Markets: Beer in Germany and the United States

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 189-205

  Adams, William James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 33645892569     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/089533006776526120     Document Type: Review

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