Asymmetric price adjustment: Evidence from weekly product-level scanner price data

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 723-736

  Müller, Georg ^a   Ray, Sourav ^b,c  

^a Monitor Group   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 35748983566     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1377     Document Type: Review

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