Not all price endings are created equal: Price points and asymmetric price rigidity
Daniel Levy (),
Avichai Snir,
Alex Gotler and
Haipeng (Allan) Chen ()
EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 2020, issue forthcoming
Abstract:
We document an asymmetry in the rigidity of 9-ending prices relative to non-9-ending prices. Consumers have difficulty noticing higher prices if they are 9-ending, or noticing price-increases if the new prices are 9-ending, because 9-endings are used as a signal for low prices. Price setters respond strategically to the consumer-heuristic by setting 9-ending prices more often after price-increases than after price-decreases. 9-ending prices, therefore, remain 9-ending more often after price-increases than after price-decreases, leading to asymmetric rigidity: 9-ending prices are more rigid upward than downward. These findings hold for both transaction-prices and regular-prices, and for both inflation and no-inflation periods.
Keywords: Asymmetric Price Adjustment; Sticky/Rigid Prices; 9-Ending Prices; Psychological Prices; Price Points; Regular/Sale Prices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 C93 D80 E31 L16 M31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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