Caprice, Stéphane; Schlippenbach, Vanessa von - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
slotting fees may emerge as a result of a rent-shifting mechanism when consumer shopping costs are taken into account. If … consumers economize on their shopping costs by bundling their purchases, their buying decision depends rather on the price for … retail outlet. If the complementarity effect resulting from shopping costs dominates the original substitution effect, the …
