How car dealers adjust prices to reach the product efficiency frontier in the Spanish automobile market

Omega (United Kingdom)

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 38-48

  González, Eduardo ^a   Cárcaba, Ana ^a   Ventura, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automobile; DEA; Dealership; Discount; Product efficiency; Spain

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; COMMERCE; COSTS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

AUTOMOBILE; CAR DEALERS; DEALERSHIP; DISCOUNT; DISCOUNTED PRICE; EFFICIENCY FRONTIERS; PRICE DISCOUNT; PRODUCT EFFICIENCY; SPAIN; TECHNICAL ATTRIBUTES;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84907637727     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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