ABSTRACT Applying a synthetic demand system approach, we examine if consumers in discount stores reveal different price elasticities of demand than those in conventional supermarkets. Based on a RollAMA dataset containing information on consumption in 12 different retail chains in Austria, we...

In this article we examine the impact of generic promotion on Bavarian beef demand during a period of a serious health concern in Europe: the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) crisis. We investigate the potential off-setting effects of advertising and promotion (positive) and heightened...

A substantial degree of price rigidity has been reported for branded foods in various studies with scanner data. One possible explanation for price rigidity is the existence of psychological pricing points. The authors analyze to what extent psychological pricing plays a role in grocery...