Retail gasoline price cycles across spatially dispersed gasoline stations

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 245-273

  Eckert, Andrew ^a   West, Douglas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 4043157763     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380474     Document Type: Review

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