How Retailers Determine Which Products Should Go on Sale: Evidence From Store-Level Data

Journal of Consumer Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-177

  Hosken, Daniel ^a   Reiffen, David ^b  

^a FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

^b Office of the Chief Economist   (United States)

Author keywords

Additional Test; Economic Policy; Price Dynamic; Retail Price; Theoretical Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 85065545834     PISSN: 01687034     EISSN: 15730700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:COPO.0000028171.70221.f3     Document Type: Article

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