Price dispersion, chain heterogeneity, and search in online grocery markets
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Keywords
Price dispersion; Retail food market; Pricing strategies; Search costs;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D4 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
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