Price dispersion and online markets maturity in Poland

• Authors: Łukasz Konopielko , Diana Radkova

Title variants

Dyspersja cenowa i dojrzałość rynków online w Polsce

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper is dedicated to the issue of persistent price dispersion in real markets in the context of Polish online market development. The two channels of retail (online and offline) are observed and compared with regard to price variations determinants and their values comparison. Market efficiency comparison between both markets is also provided on the basis of theoretical background. The data collected from shops representing the two channels of retail (online and offline), for a number of commodities within the home appliance product category in Poland, has been used as a sample for the analysis. Generally, results for the Polish market are in line with similar tests performed for EU as a whole and confirm the maturity of Polish online market.

PL

Artykuł dotyczy zjawiska trwałej dyspersji cenowej w kontekście rozwoju rynków online w Polsce. Obserwacja dwóch kanałów sprzedaży (online i offline) ma na celu dokonanie porównania determinantów zmienności cenowej i ich kompozycji. Bazując na przesłankach teoretycznych, dokonano również porównania efektywności obu rynków. Dane do analizy zostały zabrane w sieciach dystrybucji dóbr AGD zarówno online, jak i offline. Rezultaty są zbliżone do podobnych, uzyskiwanych na innych rynkach Unii Europejskiej i wskazują na dojrzałość polskiego rynku sprzedaży online.

Keywords

EN

Price dispersion; Poland; market maturity; online markets; e‑commerce; Internet

PL

dyspersja cenowa; Polska; dojrzałość rynku; rynki online; e‑handel; Internet; dyspersja cenowa; Polska; dojrzałość rynku; rynki online; e‑handel; Internet

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 329

Dates

published

2017-09-22

Contributors

author

Łukasz Konopielko

• Lazarski University, Faculty of Economics and Management, Department of Economics

author

Diana Radkova

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18778/0208-6018.329.01