Does uncertainty matter? Consumer behavior under three-part tariffs

Marketing Science

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 698-710

  Lambrecht, Anja ^a   Seim, Katja ^b   Skiera, Bernd ^c  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choice; Discrete continuous choice model; Internet access; Nonlinear pricing; Pricing; Three part tariffs; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549174138     PISSN: 07322399     EISSN: 1526548X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mksc.1070.0283     Document Type: Article

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