A quality-adjusted price index for personal computers

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 23-31

  Nelson, Randy A ^a   Tanguay, Tim L ^b   Patterson, Christopher D ^c  

^a Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Arthur Anderson Company ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Hedonic price index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952493720     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: 15372707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07350015.1994.10509988     Document Type: Article

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