International price differences in ski lift tickets

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 303-336

  Falk, Martin ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

Author keywords

D40; F3; international price differences; L11; L83; quality characteristics; quantile regressions; ski areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899914817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22356282     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03399348     Document Type: Article

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