A product-quality view of the Linder hypothesis

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 453-466

  Hallak, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Argentina)

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EID: 77955159600     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00001     Document Type: Article

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