Slippage in Rebate Programs and Present-Biased Preferences

Marketing Science

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 229-238

  Gilpatric, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Present biased preferences; Price discrimination; Rebates; Slippage

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449128698     PISSN: 07322399     EISSN: 1526548X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mksc.1080.0391     Document Type: Article

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