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The responses of internet retail prices to aggregate shocks: A high-frequency approach

Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Viacheslav Sheremirov, Sasha Talavera Orcid Logo

Economics Letters, Volume: 164, Pages: 124 - 127

Swansea University Author: Sasha Talavera Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.econlet.2018.01.014

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Using a unique dataset of daily price listings and the associated number of clicks for precisely defined goods from a major shopping platform, we examine whether internet prices respond to aggregate shocks at a high frequency. Despite internet retailers’ unique position to exercise dynamic pricing d...

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ISSN: 01651765
Published: 2018
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