Regional price levels in Germany

Applied Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1553-1566

  Roos, Michael W M ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DENSITY; PRICE DYNAMICS; REGIONAL ECONOMY; WAGE DETERMINATION; WELFARE PROVISION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33746135652     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500407207     Document Type: Article

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