Price Points and Price Rigidity

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Daniel Levy

Bar-Ilan University - Department of Economics; Emory University - Department of Economics; International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University; Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis; International Centre for Economic Analysis

Dongwon Lee

Korea University Business School

Haipeng (Allan) Chen

University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics

Robert J. Kauffman

Singapore Management University; Singapore Management University - School of Information Systems

Mark E. Bergen

University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management

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Date Written: December 1, 2010

Abstract

We study the link between price points and price rigidity, using two datasets: weekly scanner data, and Internet data. We find that: “9” is the most frequent ending for the penny, dime, dollar and ten-dollar digits; the most common price changes are those that keep the price endings at “9”; 9-ending prices are less likely to change than non-9-ending prices; and the average size of price change is larger for 9-ending than non-9-ending prices. We conclude that 9-ending contributes to price rigidity from penny to dollar digits, and across a wide range of product categories, retail formats and retailers.

Keywords: Price Point, 9-Ending Price, Price Rigidity

JEL Classification: E31, L16, D80, M21, M30

Suggested Citation

Levy, Daniel and Lee, Dongwon and Chen, Haipeng (Allan) and Kauffman, Robert J. and Bergen, Mark E., Price Points and Price Rigidity (December 1, 2010). Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 93, No. 4, 2011, Mays Business School Research Paper No. 1870809, Bar-Ilan University Department of Economics Research Paper No. 2010-21, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1870809 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1870809

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