PRICE, QUALITY AND TURNOVER TAX OF CONSUMER DURABLE GOODS IN SOCIALIST ECONOMIES
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Slavic and East European Studies
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0389-1186,2434-9887
DOI: 10.5823/jsees.4.0_65