Countercyclical pricing: A consumer heterogeneity explanation
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Keywords
Seasonality; Countercyclical pricing; Retail; Consumer heterogeneity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D10 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - General
- E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
- L80 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - General
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