In this paper we present the findings set out below using a questionnaire survey of price-setting behavior covering 123 Japanese firms that produce and ship foodstuffs and miscellaneous household goods. First, approximately 90% of the firms conduct business in such a way that even if costs or...

In this paper we analyze price-setting behavior by stores and purchasing behavior by consumers by using prices indicated by virtual stores on the kakaku.com price-comparison site, and new data sets of corresponding consumer-clicking behavior recorded in one-second units. The following are the...