Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/101194 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
ADBI Working Paper No. 417
Publisher: 
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo
Abstract: 
This paper focuses on the pricing behavior of Japanese and United States firms selling their identical products in New York City, Chicago, Osaka, and Tokyo. The authors utilize some simple models of international price dispersion and market segmentation that generate predictions about testable prices. The dataset, which consists of prices of identical products in the Japanese and American cities, was collected and accepted by both governments. Using this data, versions of international price dispersion theories are tested and some empirical evidence to support the view that simple international price dispersion models can partly explain the observed prices is found.
Subjects: 
pricing behavior
price dispersion
price dispersion theories
international price dispersion
JEL: 
F12
F14
L11
L13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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