We assess price dispersion in retail markets and its sources over time. Using a product-detailed price database, we … document a consistent divergence of prices over time in retail markets in Uruguay: price dispersion increased by 3.1% in … fifteen years. Next, we analyze microeconomic and macroeconomic factors that correlate with price dispersion. We differentiate …

We examine the evolution of spatial house price dispersion during Germany's recent housing boom. Using a dataset of … sales listings, we find that house price dispersion has significantly increased, which is driven entirely by rising price … housing market to understand the driving forces of rising spatial price dispersion, highlighting the role of housing supply …

general demand function, we analyse the effects of cost changes in a seminal model of price dispersion, where some consumers … effects on price dispersion, depend upon whether demand is log-concave or log-convex. Furthermore, we examine whether the … results vary with the level of competition and analyse the relationship between pass-through and demand shocks under price …

general demand function, we analyse the effects of cost changes in a seminal model of price dispersion, where some consumers … effects on price dispersion, depend upon whether demand is log-concave or log-convex. Furthermore, we examine whether the … results vary with the level of competition and analyse the relationship between pass-through and demand shocks under price …