Chain heterogeneity and price-setting behavior: Evidence from e-grocery retailers

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Highlights：

• The role of chain heterogeneity in price setting behavior is analyzed.

• The data set consists of more than 1.5 million daily prices from Internet.

• Supermarket chains adopt heterogeneous pricing strategies.

• There is more variation in prices across chains than among the stores within a chain.

• Determinants of the frequency of price changes are analized.

摘要

•The role of chain heterogeneity in price setting behavior is analyzed.•The data set consists of more than 1.5 million daily prices from Internet.•Supermarket chains adopt heterogeneous pricing strategies.•There is more variation in prices across chains than among the stores within a chain.•Determinants of the frequency of price changes are analized.

论文关键词：Online grocery,Retail chains,Retail pricing,Frequency of price change,Poisson model

论文评审过程：Received 17 November 2016, Revised 26 September 2017, Accepted 26 September 2017, Available online 28 September 2017, Version of Record 24 November 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2017.09.008