Provided by Research Papers in Economics
Retail Sales: Do They Mean Reduced Expenditures?
German Grocery Evidence
Jens-Peter Loy* and Robert D. Weaver** 1
* University of Goettingen and **Pennsylvania State University
Contributed paper selected for presentation ath the 25th International Conference
of Agricultural Economists, August 16-22, 2003, Durban
JEL classification: L11, D40
Keywords:
Food Retail Markets, Germany, Pricing Behaviour, Menu Costs
Contact author: Dr. Jens-Peter Loy
Department of Agricultural Economics
Georg-August-Unversitat Goettingen
Platz der Gottinger Sieben 5
37073 Goettingen, Germany
e-mail: [email protected]
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Copyright 2003 by Loy and Weaver. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this
document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all
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Jens-Peter Loy is interim professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics at the Georg-August-
University of Goettingen (Germany). Robert D. Weaver is professor at the Department of Agricultural
Economics and Rural Sociology at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park (USA). The authors
gratefully acknowledge support by the ZMP (Zentrale Markt- und Preisberichtstelle) in Bonn, Germany.