The car price con?

Bell, David (1982) The car price con? Quarterly Economic Commentary, 7 (4). pp. 34-35. ISSN 0306-7866

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Abstract

British car buyers are beginning to wonder whether they are the victims of a gigantic con trick. Car prices in Europe, they are told, are far lower than they are in the UK. Yet we apparently live inside a free trade area, namely the EEC, within which the market should force rough price equality after allowing for transport costs. Thus it seems that the British car buyer is being duped by the producers into paying far more for a new car than his continental cousins. The brief economic perspective seeks to explain why.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:51111
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    May 1982
    Published
    Keywords:automobile industry, car prices, European Economic Community (EEC), Industries. Land use. Labor, Commerce, Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all), SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 15 - Life on Land
    Subjects:Social Sciences > Industries. Land use. Labor
    Social Sciences > Commerce
    Department:UNSPECIFIED
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:15 Jan 2015 12:00
    Last modified:25 May 2023 09:29
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/51111
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