A static approximation for dynamic demand substitution with applications in a competitive market

Operations Research

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 630-645

  Hopp, Wallace J ^a   Xu, Xiaowei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Demand substitution; Logit demand; Pricing; Product assortment; Service

Indexed keywords

DEMAND SUBSTITUTION; LOGIT DEMAND; PRICING; PRODUCT ASSORTMENT; SERVICE;

COSTS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

COMPETITION;

EID: 61449200304     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1080.0541     Document Type: Article

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