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We study the link between price points and price rigidity using two data sets: weekly scanner data and Internet data. We find that “9” is the most frequent ending for the penny, dime, dollar, and ten-dollar digits; the most common price changes are those that keep the price endings at...
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We study the link between price points and price rigidity, using two datasets - weekly scanner data and Internet data. We find that (i) 9 is the most frequently used price-ending for the penny, dime, dollar, and ten-dollar digits, (ii) the most common price changes are those that keep the price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008461882
We offer new evidence on the link between price points and price rigidity using two datasets. One is a large weekly transaction price dataset, covering 29 product categories over an eight-year period from a large U.S. supermarket chain. The other is from the Internet, and includes daily prices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005091107
We study the link between price points and price rigidity, using two datasets: weekly scanner data, and Internet data. We find that: “9” is the most frequent ending for the penny, dime, dollar and ten-dollar digits; the most common price changes are those that keep the price endings at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008873305
This paper addresses the web service composition problem considering multi-criteria regarding quality of services (QoS). Three different scenarios of multi-criteria mathematical programming models are explored under the framework of network based analysis in web service composition. This work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990639
We offer new evidence on the link between price points and price rigidity using two datasets. One is a large weekly transaction price dataset, covering 29 product categories over an eight-year period from a large U.S. supermarket chain. The other is from the Internet, and includes daily prices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789777
We study the link between price points and price rigidity, using two datasets containing over 100 million observations. We find that (i) 9 is the most frequently used price-ending for the penny, dime, dollar and ten-dollar digits, (ii) 9-ending prices are between 24%-73% less likely to change in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005449371
This article examines the paradox that a supermajority rule in a legislature promotes excessive government spending. We propose a simple conjecture: If rent-seeking coalitions dominate legislative politics and if individual legislators' demands for rent-seeking activities are price-inelastic, a...
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The “commodity currency†literature highlights the robust exchange rate response to fluctuations in world commodity prices that occurs for major commodity exporters. The magnitude of this response, however, varies widely among countries. Our panel data analysis using 63 countries for...
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Quick Response (QR) is a movement in the apparel industry to shorten lead time. Under QR, the retailer has the ability to adjust orders based on better demand information. We study how a manufacturer-retailer channel impacts choices of production and marketing variables under QR in the apparel...
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