COMPARING ALTERNATIVE MODELS OF HETEROGENEITY IN CONSUMER CHOICE BEHAVIOR
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Applied Econometrics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0883-7252
DOI: 10.1002/jae.2304