Your Call: eBay and Demand for the iPhone 4Footnote☆

We would like to thank Takuma Habu and Michaela Verzeroli for their assiduous work on data collection, Ashley Coombes for help in unearthing her previous work on the Manolo Blahnik shoehorn, and anonymous referees who made helpful suggestions on improving the exposition.

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