We are interested in whether preventing resale of tickets benefits the capacity providers for sporting and entertainment events. Common wisdom suggests that ticket resale is harmful to event organizers' revenues and event organizers have tried to prevent resale of tickets. For instance,...

Advance purchasing is common in several product markets (e.g., concerts, air travel, etc.) but has generally been understudied in the marketing literature. Research to date has focused primarily on the analytical modeling of optimal pricing policies. Our work complements this literature by...