Intertemporal pricing with strategic customer behavior

Management Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 726-741

  Su, Xuanming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic pricing; Heterogeneity; Intertemporal substitution; Rationing; Strategic customer behavior

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PRICING; HETEROGENEITY; INTERTEMPORAL SUBSTITUTION; RATIONING; STRATEGIC CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR;

AVAILABILITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

EID: 38549155080     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1060.0667     Document Type: Article

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