Das Ziel des Transaktionskostenansatzes besteht darin, Aussagen über die Effizienz von Verträgenund institutionellen Arrangements unter verschiedenen Bedingungen abzuleiten. Alszentrales Effizienzkriterium wird dabei die Minimierung der insgesamt bei einer Transaktionanfallenden...

Consumers use price of a product both as a signal of product quality and as a monetary constraint in choosing it. Consequently, price has two distinct roles - informational and allocative - in the evaluation of a product. In this paper, we test the validity of a research approach proposed by...

Retailers have been criticized for heavily relying on odd prices although their advantage over even prices has not been convincingly proven. In this paper we argue that such behavior does not have to stem solely from tradition, but may be seen as a rational way of dealing with uncertainty. We...