The present paper aims at examining the role of variety in the ski manufacturing industry and its relevance in firms' price setting strategies. In particular, it intends to investigate and empirically test two hypotheses concerning the relation between variety and prices. The first concerns the...

Several empirical studies show that mutual funds set their prices in a strategic way according to their level of quality. In a market where two mutual funds are vertically differentiated, we study their price strategies in cases of perfect information and when investors are unable to distinguish...