Makoto Ohta, Zvi Griliches, Automobile Prices and Quality: Did the Gasoline Price Increases Change Consumer Tastes in the U.S.?, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Apr., 1986), pp. 187-198
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