Research note - Price discrimination after the purchase: Rebates as state-dependent discounts

Management Science

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1131-1140

  Chen, Yuxin ^a   Moorthy, Sridhar ^b   Zhang, Z John ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Rebates; State dependent discounts; Utility arbitrage

Indexed keywords

PRICE DISCRIMINATION; REBATES; STATE-DEPENDENT DISCOUNTS; UTILITY ARBITRAGE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

PURCHASING;

EID: 25144435947     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1050.0391     Document Type: Review

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