Imperfect price discrimination in a vertical differentiation model

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 341-354

  Liu, Qihong ^a   Serfes, Konstantinos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Imperfect price discrimination; Information acquisition; Vertical differentiation

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

EQUILIBRIUM PROFITS; IMPERFECT PRICE DISCRIMINATION; INFORMATION ACQUISITION; VERTICAL DIFFERENTIATION;

COSTS;

EID: 20544465824     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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