We analyze a dynamic pricing problem where consumer's purchase decisions are a ected by representative past prices, summarized in a reference price. We propose a new, behaviorally motivated reference price mechanism, based on the peak-end memory model proposed by Kahneman et al. (1993). Speci...

We analyse a stylized model of the world grain market characterized by a small oligopoly of traders with market power on both the supply and demand side. Crops are stochastic and exporting countries can impose export tariffs to protect domestic food prices. Our first result is that export...