Measuring consumer welfare in the CPU market: An application of the pure-characteristics demand model

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 429-446

  Song, Minjae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 38349004529     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-2171.2007.tb00076.x     Document Type: Article

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