This paper examines how to evaluate consumer welfare when consumers face nonlinear prices. This problem arises in many settings, such as devising optimal pricing strategies for firms, assessing how price discrimination affects consumers, and evaluating the efficiency costs of many transfer...

This paper examines how to evaluate consumer welfare when consumers face nonlinear prices. This problem arises in many settings, such as devising optimal pricing strategies for firms, assessing how price discrimination affects consumers, and evaluating the efficiency costs of many transfer...

Beschreibung der Bedeutung von Vertrauensgütermärkten mit Einbettung in die ökonomischen Darstellungen von Gütern -- Untersuchung von Betrug und Effizienz in Vertrauensgütermärkten mit heterogenen Kunden -- Untersuchung des optimalen strategischen Verhaltens von Experten und Kunden. .

Over the last decades, technological progress has brought about a multitude of standardization problems. For instance, compatibility standards ensure the interoperability of goods, which is of decisive importance when users face positive externalities in consumption. Consumers' expectations are...