Dynamic Pricing of Restaurant Food Delivery: An Explorative Market Efficiency Study

9 Pages Posted: 23 Mar 2021

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Dennis Svartbäck

Priceff Ltd

Anders G. Ekholm

University of Helsinki; Priceff Ltd; Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT)

Date Written: March 22, 2021

Abstract

We use restaurant food delivery sales tick data to investigate how prices reflect demand, allocate resources and impact profitability. We find that real-time demand can be used to accurately predict future demand over a short time frame, and that dynamic prices based on it reduce demand variation. Our evidence suggests that dynamic pricing of restaurant food delivery can decrease resource waste and improve producer profitability.

Keywords: dynamic pricing, restaurant food delivery, market efficiency, waste reduction

JEL Classification: G00, D00

Suggested Citation

Svartbäck, Dennis and Ekholm, Anders G., Dynamic Pricing of Restaurant Food Delivery: An Explorative Market Efficiency Study (March 22, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3809633 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3809633

Anders G. Ekholm

University of Helsinki ( email )

Finland

HOME PAGE: http://fi.linkedin.com/in/andersekholm

Priceff Ltd

Finland

Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT) ( email )

Lappeenranta
Finland

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