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Search, Obfuscation, and Price Elasticities on the Internet
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- Ellison, G. D., & Ellison, S. F.
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- SSRN Electronic Journal
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- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2004
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- 1556-5068 (ISSN-L)
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- References
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- Open access
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