Consumer shopping behavior: How much do consumers save?

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-120

  Griffith, Rachel ^a,b   Leibtag, Ephraim ^c   Leiceste, Andrew ^a,b   Nevo, Aviv ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^c ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 72249120065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.23.2.99     Document Type: Article

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