Analyzing the impact of Wal-Mart supercenters on local food store sales

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1296-1303

  Artz, Georgeanne M ^a   Stone, Kenneth E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ESTIMATION METHOD; PRICE DYNAMICS;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751249282     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2006.00948.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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