Measuring variety and quality of products with trademarks

International Economic Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 613-631

  Mangàni, Andrea ^a  

^a Department of Economics ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

International trade; Product quality; Product variety; Trademarks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958616155     PISSN: 10168737     EISSN: 1743517X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10168730701699109     Document Type: Article

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