Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/168458 
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Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 1680
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
In retailing markets of storable goods, consumer behavior is typically characterized by stockpiling. While existing research has developed rich models for such strategic consumer behavior, little is known about how sellers should ideally respond to it. In this paper, we provide insights into how frequency and depth of promotions affect consumer purchases and seller revenues in the long run. We show an application to the U.S. market for laundry detergent. We use estimates from a structural dynamic demand model to simulate different pricing policies and find that in the detergent market, an increase in promotion depth is more effective than a change in promotion length. Our results suggest that this finding can be translated to markets with a large heterogeneity in storage costs and steady consumption rates.
Subjects: 
Promotion
Frequency
Depth
Stockpiling
Storable Goods
JEL: 
M31
D22
L11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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