Price rigidity and flexibility: Recent theoretical developments

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 523-530

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EID: 34748840497     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1331     Document Type: Article

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