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Price discrimination in service industries

Lambrecht, Anja, Seim, Katja, Vilcassim, Naufel, Cheema, Amar, Chen, Yuxin, Crawford, Gregory S., Hosanagar, Kartik, Iyengar, Raghuram, Koenigsberg, Oded, Lee, Robin, Miravete, Eugenio J. and Sahin, Ozge (2012) Price discrimination in service industries. Marketing Letters, 23 (2). pp. 423-438. ISSN 0923-0645

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Identification Number: 10.1007/s11002-012-9187-0

Abstract

This article outlines recent methods and applications directed at understanding the profit and consumer welfare implications of increasingly prevalent price discrimination strategies in the service sector. These industries are typically characterized by heterogeneity in consumers’ valuation and usage of the service, resale constraints, and a focus on price as the service’s key attribute. The article focuses on how firms use nonlinear pricing or bundling strategies to benefit from the heterogeneity in consumer demand. We describe the basic economic model commonly used in the literature to analyze such strategic choices and present recent methodological improvements to this benchmark. A discussion of existing applications and future research opportunities concludes the article.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/11002
Additional Information: © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
Divisions: Management
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
Date Deposited: 26 Jan 2017 14:06
Last Modified: 15 Mar 2024 05:21
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/68984

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