In this paper we analyze customer-class price discrimination in the face of uncertain demands. More precisely, we explore the pricing decision of a multiproduct monopoly facing random, correlated demands. We consider only a uniform price for each customer class; multi-part pricing is not...

We examine how new products are priced over time, where we particularly look at sharp decreases in prices. New durable products like fashion, apparel, and videogames often show a significant price cut some time after the product's introduction. We call this a price landing and we examine its...

Cigarettes are experience goods - most of their utility value only gets revealed when one consumes them. We hypothesize a three phase consumer life cycle for experience goods. Consumers initially do not know their utility from the good or their preferences for particular characteristics, and may...

We test whether firms use incompatibility strategically, using data from ATM markets. High ATM fees degrade the value of competitors' deposit accounts, and can in principle serve as a mechanism for siphoning depositors away from competitors or for creating deposit account differentiation. Our...