This study finds a mismatch between pricing patterns across various regions and cities. There are cities with two types of price patterns, cities with price cycles and cities without. Most cities have not excessive fluctuations, and their price patterns are almost smooth. This group of cities have different levels of petrol prices. The greater distance with Perth raises petrol prices in these groups of cities. Cyclical patterns have been observed only in Murray, Mandurah and Geraldton. Comparative analysis reveals that asymmetric and frequent weekly cycles in three cities are similar to the cycle in Perth. It can be argued that there exist no specific differences in petrol price patterns among cities with cycle. |
