The Diffusion of Wal-Mart and Economies of Density

Econometrica

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 253-302

  Holmes, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Economies of density; Moment inequalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651421532     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA7699     Document Type: Article

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