the study investigates consumers’ preference for cowpea reflected in the nigerian markets through price discounts and premiums that consumers pay for different cowpea characteristics. the price data used for this study were obtained through a market survey. a common data collection protocol was employed. every month, between october 2009 to december 2010, five cowpea samples per seller were bou...

We analyze price and quality competition in a vertically differentiated duopoly in which consumers have a preference for variety. The preference for variety is a consequence of diminishing marginal utility for repeated experiences with the same product. We find consumer variety-seeking can either soften or intensify price competition, depending on the difference in firm qualities and the streng...

OBJECTIVE Small food store interventions show promise to increase healthy food access in under-resourced areas. However, none have tested the impact of price discounts on healthy food supply and demand. We tested the impact of store-directed price discounts and communications strategies, separately and combined, on the stocking, sales and prices of healthier foods and on storeowner psychosocial...

The study investigates consumers’ preference for cowpea reflected in the Nigerian markets through price discounts and premiums that consumers pay for different cowpea characteristics. The price data used for this study were obtained through a market survey. A common data collection protocol was employed. Every month, between October 2009 to December 2010, five cowpea samples per seller were bou...

We develop a model to derive an optimal price for bundle of two goods when buyers are risk averse and uncertain about the valuation each good. In theory, depends not only on probability positive good, but also correlation between valuations. analyze unique airlines dataset in which we directly observe prices both bundled (round trip ticket) unbundled items (two one-way tickets) identical itiner...

Applying revenue management techniques for the entertainment industries, such as theaters, faces several specific challenges. Many theaters increase their audience and revenues through promotional discounts and pricing strategies based on the quality of the seats. Due to the varying quality of shows, and the high availability of seats, many customers purchase tickets or postpone their purchases...

One of the most important activities in the management of input items of a company is focusing on the process of purchasing, supplier selection and allocating order to suppliers. Decisions about supplier selection due to simultaneously taking inconsistent and diverse issues into account in a wide range of strategic to operational factors, and from quantitative to qualitative criteria will be co...

id=1937658; Einer Elhauge & Abraham L. Wickelgren, Robust Exclusion Through Loyalty Discounts (Harvard Law Sch. Pub. Law & Legal Theory Working Paper Series, Paper No. 10-15, 2010) [hereinafter Elhauge & Wickelgren, Robust Exclusion], available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1544008; Patrick Greenlee & David Reitman, Competing with Loyalty Discounts (Econ. Analysis Grp., ...

An examination of brand prices in several categories reveals that the distribution of prices is multi-modal with firms offering shallow and deep discounts. Another interesting feature of these distributions is that they may have holes in the interior of the support. These pricing distributions do not occur in extant theoretical models of price promotions. We develop a dynamic model of competiti...