The Kinked Demand Curve and Price Rigidity: Evidence from Scanner Data
β Scribed by Maarten Dossche; Freddy Heylen; Dirk Van den Poel
- Book ID
- 111008081
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 521 KB
- Volume
- 112
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0347-0520
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