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In studying the impact of shelf space changes on unit sales, space elasticity was hypothesized to be a function of several product-specific variables, including physical properties, merchandising characteristics, and use characteristics. The model was tested using stepwise multiple regression, and it was found that the impact of shelf space on unit sales was very small relative to the effects of other variables.
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Ronald C. Curhan (1972) studied this question.
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