Not all price endings are created equal: Price points and asymmetric price rigidity
Daniel Levy (),
Avichai Snir (),
Alex Gotler and
Haipeng (Allan) Chen ()
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Avichai Snir: Department of Banking and Finance, Netanya Academic College, Netanya 42365, ISRAEL
Alex Gotler: Department of Education and Psychology, Open University, Raanana 43107, ISRAEL
Working Papers from International School of Economics at TSU, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
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 transactionprices 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)
Pages: 189 pages
Date: 2019
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