Mark-up pricing in South African industry

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-69

  Fedderke, Johannes ^a   Kularatne, Chandana ^b   Mariotti, Martine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b South African National Treasury   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; COMPETITIVENESS; EXPORT; IMPORT; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; MANUFACTURING;

AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846078006     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejl023     Document Type: Article

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