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A hedonic price analysis of hearing aid technology. / De Silva, Dakshina G.; Thakur, Nidhi; Xie, Mengzhi.
In: Applied Economics, Vol. 45, No. 16, 2013, p. 2315-2323.

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De Silva, DG, Thakur, N & Xie, M 2013, 'A hedonic price analysis of hearing aid technology', Applied Economics, vol. 45, no. 16, pp. 2315-2323. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2012.663473

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De Silva DG, Thakur N, Xie M. A hedonic price analysis of hearing aid technology. Applied Economics. 2013;45(16):2315-2323. doi: 10.1080/00036846.2012.663473

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De Silva, Dakshina G. ; Thakur, Nidhi ; Xie, Mengzhi. / A hedonic price analysis of hearing aid technology. In: Applied Economics. 2013 ; Vol. 45, No. 16. pp. 2315-2323.

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