Pandemic pricing: Evidence from German grocery e‐commerce

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The sudden demand spike for online grocery purchases during the Covid-19 pandemic and supply bottlenecks caused by disrupted global value chains put immense pressure on prices. We analyze prices of largest German grocers to test how these challenges affected first wave pandemic. Using a large dataset price quotes, we shed light magnitude changes across retailer types, product categories, stages show that went up as intensity containment measures increased. increases was heterogeneous retailers categories: pure showed lower response compared hybrid stores, while essential food items such baby foods pantry products increased more than those other categories or beverages. [EconLit Citations: E31, Q31].

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Agribusiness

سال: 2023

ISSN: ['1520-6297', '0742-4477']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/agr.21807