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Comparing Apples and Oranges |
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ENDNOTES |
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The use of Apple computers in this illustration is not intended to ignore or disparage the producers, users or fans of the competing PC platform. |
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Triplett (1986) attributes the origin of hedonics terminology to the study of automobiles by Court (1939). |
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Landefeld and Grimm (2000). |
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All information about the specific attributes of these two computers was found at http://www.apple-history.com, posted by Glen Sanford. |
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Landefeld, J. Steven and Grimm, Bruce T. “A Note on the Impact of Hedonics and Computers on Real GDP.” Survey of Current Business, December 2000, Vol. 80, No. 12, pp. 17-22. |
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Sanford, Glen. http://www.apple-history.com. |
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Triplett, Jack E. “The Economic Interpretation of Hedonic Methods,”
Survey of Current Business, January 1986, |
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