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In product markets, there exists substantial dispersion in prices for transactions of physically identical goods, and incumbent sellers sell at higher prices than entrants. This study develops a theory of dynamic pricing that explains these facts as results from the same fundamental friction:...
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In product markets, there exists substantial dispersion in prices for transactions of physically identical goods, and incumbent sellers sell at higher prices than entrants. This study develops a theory of dynamic pricing that explains these facts as results from the same fundamental friction:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012292094
extent of competition from substitute products. I estimate that, in 2019, public corporations produced consumer surplus in …
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as suggested in consumer research. On this basis, we investigate monopoly and competition between firms, described via an …. -- Bounded rationality ; social learning ; population game ; differential game ; product life cycle ; monopoly ; competition …
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The use of traditional industry-level profitability indicators for assessing the state of competition is problematic … for two reasons. First, short-term variation reflects business cycles more than it does the impact of competition policy …. Second, rough industry-level indicators hide different mechanisms that are dependent on competition but may affect …
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competition between the TV channels, since they take into account the fact that a lower viewer price at one channel will harm …
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Market delineation is a fundamental tool in modern antitrust analysis. However, the definition of relevant markets can be very difficult in practice. This preliminary draft applies a new methodology combining a simple price correlation test with hierarchical clustering -a method known from...
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have heterogeneous social attitudes towards the consumption by others. Deriving product demand from primitives, we show …
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have heterogeneous social attitudes towards the consumption by others. Deriving product demand from primitives, we show … asymmetries between firms. -- advertising ; social attitude ; consumption externality ; quality …
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In this paper, we study a conditional upgrade strategy that has recently emerged in the travel industry. After a consumer makes a reservation for a product (e.g., a hotel room), she is asked whether she would like to upgrade her product to a higher-quality (more expensive) one at a discounted...
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