Consumer heterogeneity, incomplete information and pricing in a duopoly with switching costs

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 384-401

  Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl ^a   Vagstad, Steinar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Duopoly; Incomplete information; Price discrimination; Switching costs

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COSTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

PRICE DISCRIMINATION;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MARKET CONDITIONS; MONOPOLY; PRICE DETERMINATION;

EID: 0141726597     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6245(03)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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