Pay to switch or pay to stay: Preference-based price discrimination in markets with switching costs

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 397-424

  Shaffer, Greg ^a   Zhang, Z John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

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EID: 0034416377     PISSN: 10586407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/105864000567918     Document Type: Article

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