Monopoly Price Discrimination and Privacy : The Hidden Cost of Hiding

A monopolist can use a 'tracking' technology that allows it to identify a consumer's willingness to pay with some probability. Consumers can counteract tracking by acquiring a 'hiding' technology. We show in this note that consumers are collectively better off when this hiding technology is not available, even when consumers can acquire it free of charge

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Belleflamme, Paul
Publisher:	[2015]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Monopol \| Monopoly \| Datenschutz \| Data protection \| Theorie \| Theory \| Preisdifferenzierung \| Price discrimination \| Preismanagement \| Pricing strategy

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (17 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments October 15, 2015 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.2699085 [DOI]
Classification:	D11 - Consumer Economics: Theory ; D18 - Consumer Protection ; L12 - Monopoly; Monopolization Strategies ; L86 - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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