Optimal pricing mechanisms with unknown demand

American Economic Review

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 509-529

  Segal, Ilya ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2942702175     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282803322156963     Document Type: Article

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