Cost of being poor: Retail price and consumer price search differences across inner-city and suburban neighborhoods

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 457-471

  Talukdar, Debabrata ^a  

^a 160 Jacobs Management Center   (United States)

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EID: 53549084320     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589563     Document Type: Article

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