Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

10-2010

Abstract

We study and contrast pricing and price evolution of online only (Dotcom) and online branch of multi-channel retailers (OBMCRs) based on two panel data sets collected from online toy markets. Panel data regression analyses reveal several interesting empirical results: over time, OBMCRs and Dotcoms charge similar prices on average but Dotcoms significantly increase their shipping costs that eventually drive the overall average price of Dotcoms higher than that of OBMCRs. Price dispersions of both types of retailers are persistent. The price dispersion of OBMCRs is higher than that of Dotcoms at the beginning and does not change much over time, but the price dispersion of Dotcoms increases significantly over time, indicating that the latter will eventually be higher than the former. Moreover, the OBMCRs charge significantly different prices, but the Dotcoms charge similar prices.

Keywords

E-commerce, online pricing strategies, online toy market, price dispersion, pricing trends

Discipline

Econometrics | Marketing

Research Areas

Econometrics

Publication

Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal

Volume

4

First Page

1

Last Page

31

ISSN

1864-6042

Identifier

10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2010-28

Publisher

De Gruyter

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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Additional URL

https://doi.org./10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2010-28

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