Why do consumers believe that the euro raised prices?

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 202-206

  Aalto Setälä, Ville ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b National Consumer Research Centre   (Finland)

Author keywords

Consumers; Euro; Inflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749104759     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2005.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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