Risk Aversion and Preference for Store Price Format

Autor: Koichi Yonezawa, Timothy J. Richards
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Vol 41, Iss 3, Pp 425-443 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1068-5502
2327-8285
DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.246173
Popis: When choosing among retail store formats, consumers face two alternatives: everyday-low-price (EDLP) stores that offer lower mean prices, with less variation over time, or promotion-based (HILO) stores that offer higher mean prices but more variation over time. In this study, we investigate a relationship between consumers' risk preferences and their store-choice decisions. We use data from a two-stage, incentive-compatible experiment to measure subjects' risk preferences and to examine how their attitudes toward risk influence their preferences for store price format. We find that retailers' pricing strategies allow consumers with different risk attitudes to choose a particular store price format.
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