Demand and distance: Evidence on cross-border shopping

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 141-157

  Asplund, Marcus ^a,b   Friberg, Richard ^b,c   Wilander, Fredrik ^d  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^d ECON Analysis ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Cross border shopping; European integration; Law of one price; Tax competition; Tax harmonization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845216643     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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