"Der Wunsch nach einem Programm, welches das komplexe Geflecht der Substitutionsbeziehungen erfaßbar macht, hat die Entwicklung des hier vorgestellten Modells veranlaßt. Es wird gezeigt, daß das behandelte Problem zunächst eine üüberschauvare Vielzahl von Lösungen bietet. Sukzessive...

The Thanksgiving-Christmas holiday period is a major sales period for US retailers. Due to higher store traffic, tasks such as restocking shelves, handling customers’ questions and inquiries, running cash registers, cleaning, and bagging, become more urgent during holidays. As a result, the...

Using weekly retail transaction scanner price data from a large U.S supermarket chain, we find significantly higher retail price rigidity for private label products than for nationally branded products during the Christmas and Thanksgiving holiday periods relative to the rest of the year. The...

Using unique retail and wholesale price data for 4,532 products carried by a major Mid-western grocery retailer, we find evidence of significant retail price rigidity during the Thanksgiving through Christmas holiday period relative to the rest of the year. We suggest that this pattern of...

We investigate asymmetric price responses by considering a unique, highly disaggregate retailer- and product-level time series at a major supermarket chain. We find asymmetry exists, but is limited in scope and there is no evidence of a pervasive chain wide asymmetric pricing strategy. To...

There has been increasing interest in understanding how firms undertake non-price adjustment activities, especially in situations where prices may be rigid despite changes in market conditions. Using scanner price data for over 4500 different food products from a large US supermarket chain, we...

Using weekly retail transaction scanner price data from a large U.S supermarket chain, we find significantly higher retail price rigidity for private label products than for nationally branded products during the Christmas and Thanksgiving holiday periods relative to the rest of the year. The...

"Der Wunsch nach einem Programm, welches das komplexe Geflecht der Substitutionsbeziehungen erfaßbar macht, hat die Entwicklung des hier vorgestellten Modells veranlaßt. Es wird gezeigt, daß das behandelte Problem zunächst eine üüberschauvare Vielzahl von Lösungen bietet. Sukzessive...