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This introductory essay briefly summarizes the eleven empirical studies of price setting and price adjustment that are included in this special issue. The studies, which use data from several European countries, were conducted as part of the European Central Bank’s Inflation Persistence Network.
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This paper investigates the effect of product substitutability on Nash equilibrium distribution structures in a duopoly where each manufacturer distributes its goods through a single exclusive retailer, which may be either a franchised outlet or a factory store. Static linear demand and cost...
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The objective of this paper is to investigate the firm's optimal advertising and pricing strategies when introducing a …
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This paper analyzes how a firm should adjust its marketing expenditures and its price to defend its position in an existing market from attack by a competitive new product. Our focus is to provide usable managerial recommendations on the strategy of response. In particular we show that if...
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Manufacturers' returns policies are a common feature in the distribution of many products. The obvious rationale for returns policies is insurance. Practitioners, not surprisingly, have a different perspective and view returns as a cost of doing business. In this paper, we study the strategic...
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Returns policies are common in many sectors of retail distribution. Padmanabhan and Png (1997) showed that with demand uncertainty, a returns policy could improve manufacturer profitability under certain conditions. Wang (2004) showed that returns policies do not change manufacturer...
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If buyers face transaction costs, a workable pricing scheme might require door prizes in addition to a per-unit price …
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This paper is based on a series of studies undertaken for “V-8” Cocktail Vegetable Juice over a five-year period. The studies were a consequence of management questions regarding the effectiveness of a new advertising campaign, the best media mix for this campaign and the apparent...
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demand functions and pricing/promotion decisions in “real” time. Commercial suppliers of marketing research like A. C …. Nielsen and IRI are embedding estimated demand functions in promotion planning and pricing tools for brand managers and … different forms could suggest different profit maximizing prices leaving it unclear as to what is the appropriate pricing action …
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