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Price discrimination in grocery trade: evidence from Italy
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UNSPECIFIED (1999) Price discrimination in grocery trade: evidence from Italy. APPLIED ECONOMICS, 31 (3). pp. 319-329. ISSN 0003-6846.
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Abstract
This paper investigates the determinants of price dispersion between staple and non-staple goods in grocery retailing, as the result off pricing decisions by multiproduct firms. Theoretical predictions about the nature of supermarkets' pricing behaviour are compared and tested empirically using disaggregated data from the Italian grocery trade over the period 1990-1992. The empirical results provide evidence for the existence, in all types of retail organization, of the form of price discrimination suggested by Bliss particularly for specialist shops. The results are consistent with discrimination due to the exploitation of consumers' switching costs.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | APPLIED ECONOMICS | ||||
Publisher: | ROUTLEDGE | ||||
ISSN: | 0003-6846 | ||||
Official Date: | March 1999 | ||||
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Volume: | 31 | ||||
Number: | 3 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 11 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 319-329 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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