Economies of scale, bulk discounts, and liquidity constraints: comparing unit value and transaction level evidence in a poor country
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Bulk discounts; Consumer demand; Economies of size; Prices; Unit values;All these keywords.
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- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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