The ethics of price gouging

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 347-378

  Zwolinski, Matt ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Institute for Law and Philosophy

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EID: 47949109825     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq200818327     Document Type: Review

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