?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Identifying+Algorithmic+Pricing+Technology+Adoption+in+Retail+Gasoline+Markets&rft.creator=Assad%2C+Stephanie&rft.creator=Clark%2C+Robert&rft.creator=Ershov%2C+Daniel&rft.creator=Xu%2C+Lei&rft.description=While+recent+theoretical+literature+shows+that+algorithmic+pricing+(AP)+may+increase+retail+prices+by+facilitating+collusive+behavior%2C+there+has+been+no+empirical+evidence+relating+the+adoption+of+AP+technology+to+higher+prices+and%2For+collusion.+One+key+reason+is+that+information+about+firms'+pricing+technologies+and+their+adoption+of+new+pricing+software+is+rarely+available.+In+this+paper%2C+we+use+detailed+price+data+from+the+German+retail+gasoline+market%2C+where+AP+was+supposedly+introduced+in+2017.+We+show+how+to+identify+changes+in+pricing+technology+using+structural+breaks+in+pricing+behaviors+associated+with+AP.&rft.publisher=American+Economic+Association&rft.date=2022-05&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A++AEA+Papers+and+Proceedings.++(pp.+pp.+457-460).++American+Economic+Association+(2022)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10187769%2F1%2FACEX_PP_2022.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10187769%2F&rft.rights=open