We consider a manufacturer serving a retailer who sells its product to customers over two periods. Each firm determines its unit price. The retailer orders the product from the manufacturer prior to the beginning of the selling periods. We consider two types of customers: strategic customers who...

Customer reviews are essential to online marketplaces. However, it is not clear how (or if) the dispersion in customer reviews affects seller's activity level and number of matches in a marketplace where each seller needs to make a proposal to serve. Our paper distinctively investigates the...