Pricing in segmented markets, arbitrage barriers, and the law of one price: Evidence from the European car market

Review of International Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 456-475

  Lutz, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; COST; MARKET CONDITIONS; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 4143094900     PISSN: 09657576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9396.2004.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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