Nonlinear pricing of information goods

Management Science

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1660-1673

  Sundararajan, Arun ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Digital goods; Incentive compatible; Incentives; Incomplete information; Information goods; Mechanical design; Monopoly; Price discrimination; Pricing; Principal agent; Screening; Second degree price discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE SELECTION; DIGITAL GOODS; INCENTIVES; INCOMPLETE INFORMATION; INFORMATION GOODS; MONOPOLY; PRICE DISCRIMINATION; PRICING; PRINCIPAL AGENTS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEES AND CHARGES; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 11844255411     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1040.0291     Document Type: Article

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