Price Matching in Online Retail

Arbeitspapier

We analyze a sample of consumer-electronics products sold by the US NewEgg online-retailer to study the impact of Price Matching Guarantees (PMGs) policies on prices. By applying aDifference-in-Differences approach,we find that prices of the policy-adopting retailer increase by 4.7% during the policy validity period and up to five days after the treatment, while those of the major non-adopting competitor are not affected. Results are mainly driven by highlyrated, visible and expensive products, while the policy does not affect low-rated, less visible and cheaper ones. Overall findings are consistent with the hypothesis that PMGs act as price discrimination tools.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 1351

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms ; Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets ; Information and Product Quality; Standardization and Compatibility ; Retail and Wholesale Trade; e-Commerce
• Thema: Price Matching Guarantees ; Online Retailing ; User Generated Contents ; Difference-in-Differences ; Price Discrimination ; Collusion ; Signalling

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Bottasso, Anna ; Robbiano, Simone ; Marocco, Paolo
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Global Labor Organization (GLO)
• (wo): Essen
• (wann): 2023

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/280144
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 20.09.2024, 08:22 MESZ